Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Calliostomatidae Scientific name Calliostoma elegantulum People also search for Calliostoma nobile | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae Rank Species | |
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Calliostoma elegantulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
Description
The buff, imperforate shell has a conical shape. The whorls are plane, encircled by distant elevated violet beaded lines, alternately smaller, the interstices longitudinally striate. The base of the shell is nearly plane, ornamented with 4 violet cinguli. The aperture is subquadrate and white inside. The columella is subtruncate at its base.
References
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