Calliostoma scotti

Calliostoma scotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. scotti
Binomial name
Calliostoma scotti
Kilburn, 1973
Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma (Kombologion) scotti Kilburn, 1973

Calliostoma scotti, common name Scott's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Somalia and South Africa.

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