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Calliostoma variegatum

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Calliostomatidae

Calliostoma variegatum, common name the variable top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. Description The height of the shell attains 25 mm. The small, conical shell is variegated.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 9Canada · 6

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jorge I. Merchán Mayorga, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionCalliostoma variegatum, Wikipedia contributors

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