Calliostoma picturatum

Calliostoma picturatum
Drawing of a shell of Calliostoma picturatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. picturatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma picturatum
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharidus picturatum A. Adams, 1851
  • Zizyphinus picturatus A. Adams, 1851 (original description)

Calliostoma picturatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 18 mm. The imperforate shell has a turreted-conical shape. It is green or violaceous, ornamented with undulating bands and zigzag lines. The whorls are plane The basal margin is crenulated. The spire is sculptured with transverse impressed lines. The body whorl is angulated. The base of the shell is a little convex. The subquadrate aperture is white inside. The columella incurved, its base truncate.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Calliostoma picturatum (A. Adams, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia