Calliostoma ticaonicum

Calliostoma ticaonicum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Calliostoma ticaonicum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. ticaonicum
Binomial name
Calliostoma ticaonicum
(A. Adams, 1851) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calliostoma (Calliostoma) ticaonicum (A. Adams, 1851)
  • Ziziphinus ticaonicus A. Adams, 1851 (basionym)

Description

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The sharply conical shell is elevated but still rather small : 5 – 20 mm. It is perforate. Its color goes from a yellowish-brown to a pale pink. It is ornamented at the suture with lirae articulated with rufous. The apex is blackish-purple. The whorls are slightly angled, a little rounded, and longitudinally striate. They are sculptured with fine spiral cords. The body whorl is subangular. The base of the shell is almost flat with the umbilicus absent. The base is sculptured with rufous-articulated cinguli. The aperture is subquadrate. The columella is straight, and subtruncated anteriorly. The aperture is white inside.[3]

Distribution

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This species can be found in the seas off the Philippines and Japan.

References

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  • Poppe, G.T., S.P. Tagaro and H. Dekker 2006 The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatiidae & Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands with the description of 1 new genus, 2 new subgenus, 70 new species and 1 new subspecies.
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  • "Calliostoma ticaonicum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.