Calliostoma chinoi

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Calliostoma chinoi
File:C. chinoi.jpg
apertural view of the shell of Calliostoma chinoi
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C. chinoi
Binomial name
Calliostoma chinoi
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[1]

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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]

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References

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  1. Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2: 3-228.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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.