Calliostoma chinoi is an average-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.
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| Shell of Calliostoma chinoi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. chinoi
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| Calliostoma chinoi | |
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to the Philippines. It is found near Davao, Talikud Island, Mindanao.[2]
Habitat edit
This top shell lives at depths of about 140 m.[2]
Shell description edit
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 edit
- ^ Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). Visaya Supplement: Supplement 2: 3-228.
- ^ a b c d e 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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calliostoma chinoi.
- "Calliostoma chinoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.