Calliostoma layardi

Calliostoma layardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. layardi
Binomial name
Calliostoma layardi
Sowerby III, 1897

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Southern Transkei to Southern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

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