Calliostoma turbinum | |
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Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma turbinum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. turbinum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma turbinum |
Calliostoma turbinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [2] [3]
The shell is small, turbinate and thin. The nacre shines with a peculiarly coppery luster. The apex is white. The periphery is painted with purple-brown flammules and the spirals are more or less articulated with the same color. The columella is white. [4]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Point Conception to San Diego, California.