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Calliostoma ocellatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
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Description
The shell has a rather broadly conical shape. It is reddish fulvous, ocellated with brown-shaded white spots. The whorls are concavely impressed round the upper parts, then rounded, and spirally grain-ridged throughout. The shell is rather constricted below the sutures, then rounded and ocellated with shaded opaque-white spots.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.
References
Calliostoma ocellatum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA