Calliostoma turbinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2][3]
| Calliostoma turbinum | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma turbinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. turbinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma turbinum | |
Description edit
The shell is small, turbinate and thin. The nacre shines with a peculiarly coppery luster. The apex is white. The periphery is painted with purple-brown flammules and the spirals are more or less articulated with the same color. The columella is white.[4]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Point Conception to San Diego, California.
References edit
- ^ Dall, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1895, p. 8.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma turbinum Dall, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580417 on 2012-12-07
- ^ Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl:
- ^ Dall (1902) Illustrations and descriptions of new, unfigured or imperfectly known shells; Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 24 (1902) Archived 2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine