Calliostoma scobinatum

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

Calliostoma scobinatum
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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)

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

Description

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

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off India and the Philippines.

 
Abapertural view

References

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  • 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
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  • "Calliostoma (Fautor) scobinatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Jansen, P. 2000. A preliminary checklist of the recent Australian Trochidae[permanent dead link]