Calliostoma thrincoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma thrincoma
Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma thrincoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. thrincoma
Binomial name
Calliostoma thrincoma
Melvill & Standen, 1903
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Calliostoma) thrincoma Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1903

Description

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The height of this conical-pyramidal, imperforate shell attains 11 mm. It is highly sculptured and conspicuously keeled around every whorl just above the suture. The body whorl at the periphery is bicarinate. The aperture is square-shaped.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

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