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Calliostoma tricolor

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Calliostomatidae

Calliostoma tricolor, common name the three-coloured top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. Description The rather solid, conical shell has about 7 obtusely bi-angular shouldered whorls; the upper portion of each whorl is slightly concave to flat. The superior angle is prominent on the spire whorls.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCalliostoma tricolor, Wikipedia contributors

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