Calliostoma chinoi

Calliostoma chinoi
Shell of Calliostoma chinoi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. chinoi
Binomial name
Calliostoma chinoi Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[1]

Calliostoma chinoi is an average-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Philippines. It is found near Davao, Talikud Island, Mindanao.[2]

Habitat

This top shell lives at depths of about 140 m.[2]

Shell description

The shell is globose, conical, first whorls are straight and later are a little convex spire outlines. There are six and a half whorls.[2]

The external shell coloration are set in three groups of two and in between there is a channel which is covered with oblique striae and brown colored, while the spiral knob rows are white.[2]

The shell height is up to 13 mm, and the width is up to 13 mm.[2]

References

1. Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2: 3-228.
2. Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae & Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Conchbooks, Germany, Hackenheim ISBN 3-925919-80-5.

External links

• "Calliostoma chinoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.