Calliostoma psyche, the Psyche top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma psyche
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. psyche
Binomial name
Calliostoma psyche
Dall, 1888
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Kombologian) bairdii psyche (Dall, W.H., 1889)

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 24 mm. This is the southern variety of Calliostoma bairdii of which W.H. Dall considered it to be a variety. It is paler and more delicately colored. It is less elevated and its lateral outlines are slightly concave.[2][3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Key West, USA, at depths between 26 m and 443 m.

References

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  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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  • "Calliostoma (Kombologian) bairdii psyche". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.