Calliostoma layardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma layardi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. layardi
Binomial name
Calliostoma layardi
Sowerby III, 1897

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Southern Transkei to Southern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

References

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  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 39
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
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  • "Calliostoma layardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV; Annals of the South African Museum. v 47 1963-1974