Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Calliostomatidae Scientific name Calliostoma chinoi | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae Rank Species | |
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Calliostoma chinoi is an average-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.
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Distribution
This species is endemic to the Philippines. It is found near Davao, Talikud Island, Mindanao.
Habitat
This top shell lives at depths of about 140 m.
Shell description
The shell is globose, conical, first whorls are straight and later are a little convex spire outlines. There are six and a half whorls.
The external shell coloration are set in three groups of two and in between there is a channel which is covered with oblique striae and brown colored, while the spiral knob rows are white.
The shell height is up to 13 mm, and the width is up to 13 mm.
References
Calliostoma chinoi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA