Calliostoma gemmosum

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

Calliostoma gemmosum
Drawing of a shell of Calliostoma gemmosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. gemmosum
Binomial name
Calliostoma gemmosum
(Reeve, 1842) [1]
Synonyms

Trochus gemmosum Reeve, 1842 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 30 mm. The solid shell has a rather tumidly conical shape. The whorls are slopingly convex, densely strongly grained, here and there linearly engraved. The lines are obliquely minutely crenulated. The basal margin is obtusely rounded. The shell has a golden strawcolor, engraved lines chocolate-purple. It is strongly grained upon a bright golden straw-color, enlaced with engraved lines of a deep chocolate-purple.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References
  1. Reeve, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 184
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma gemmosum (Reeve, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532519 on 2012-12-07
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma gemmosum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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