Calliostoma consors

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

Calliostoma consors
Shell of Calliostoma consors (Lischke, 1872), 20.4 mm height by 20.5 mm diameter, from Enshu-nada, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. consors
Binomial name
Calliostoma consors
(Lischke, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma hungerfordi Sowerby, 1888
  • Calliostoma sagamianum Yokoyama, 1920
  • Calliostoma kiiense Ikebe, 1942
  • Trochus consors Lischke, 1872 (original description)

Description

The height of the shell attains 20 mm. The imperforate, rather thin shell has a broadly conical shape with a concave shoulder and a rounded carination. The apex is acute. Overall the shell is a medium brown in color or pale tawny, flamed with deeper color, and articulated on the riblets with dark dots . The shell is sculpted with smooth spiral threads which have light brown and dark brown dashes. The shell is encircled by very many narrow, unequal, subtly granulose or crenulated riblets, as wide or narrower than the interspaces. The 8 whorls are separated by a not profound suture. They are margined, and acutely angled in the middle. The body whorl is wide, furnished with another angle on the base. The base is convex, and multi-lirate. The umbilicus is closed and is a bone to ivory color, and the interior is brightly nacreous. The aperture is rhomboid-orbicular. The pearly columella is arcuate, bordered outside by a semilunar pit. The throat is obsoletely sulcated, nearly smooth.[2]

Distribution

Northern Honshu, Japan southwards; Oga Peninsula, Japan Sea; Seto inland sea, Korea. Found at 10 to 100 m on coarse sand and stone.;[3] in the East China Sea.

References
  1. Calliostoma consors (Lischke, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan (1999), Elle Scientific Publications, by Shun'ichi Higo, Paul Callomon, and Yoshihiro Goto, p. 61
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka: Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp
  • "Calliostoma consors". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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