Calliostoma adspersum

Calliostoma adspersum

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Calliostomatidae

Calliostoma adspersum, common name the spotted Brazilian top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. Description The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 28 mm. The conical shell is imperforate, whitish-gray, flammulated with rufous, and encircled by delicate granulate threads.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Rafael Rosa, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionCalliostoma adspersum, Wikipedia contributors

Calliostoma adspersum

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