Calliostoma scobinatum

Calliostoma scobinatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. scobinatum
Binomial name
	Calliostoma scobinatum; (A. Adams in Reeve, 1863)
Synonyms
	Calliostoma (Fautor) scobinatum (A. Adams in Reeve, 1863); Laetifautor scobinatus (Reeve, 1863); Zizyphinus scobinatum A. Adams 1854 (nomen nudum);

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

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor).

Description

The height of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12.5 mm.

This marine species occurs off India and the Philippines.

Abapertural view

Reeve, L.A. 1863. Monograph of the genus Zizyphinus. pls 2-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14.
Marshall, B.A. 1995. Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 1-654
Subba Rao, N.V. 2003. Indian Seashells (Part 1). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper (192): 1-416
Poppe, G.T., Tagaro, S.P. & Dekker, H. 2006. The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya, Supplement 2: 1-228