Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae Scientific name Calliostoma gloriosum Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Calliostomatidae Tribe Calliostomatini Higher classification Calliostoma | |
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Similar Calliostoma, Calliostoma bonita, Calliostoma aequisculptum | ||
Calliostoma gloriosum, common name the glorious topsnail, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.
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Description
The height of the shell attains 24 mm. The acute shell contain six gently rounded whorls with fine, revolving, thread-like ribs. Four or five ribs near the suture are granulated. The body whorl is roundly carinated. The base of the shell is flattened, with about twenty-five revolving striae. The thick columella is not reflected, but its base is somewhat grooved or depressed behind it. The aperture is about one-third of the length of the whole shell. It is rhomboidal, pearly, and smooth. The shell has a beautiful light salmon color, ornamented near the suture and carina with alternate patches of light yellow and chestnut-brown.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.