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Calliostoma scotti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Calliostomatidae

Scientific name
  
Calliostoma scotti

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Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Subfamily
  
Calliostomatinae

Rank
  
Species

Calliostoma scotti, common name Scott's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Contents

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Somalia and South Africa.

References

Calliostoma scotti Wikipedia