Calliostoma ocellatum explained

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

Description

The shell has a rather broadly conical shape. It is reddish fulvous, ocellated with brown-shaded white spots. The whorls are concavely impressed round the upper parts, then rounded, and spirally grain-ridged throughout. The shell is rather constricted below the sutures, then rounded and ocellated with shaded opaque-white spots.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

• Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales

External links

• To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
• To World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma ocellatum (Reeve, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580396 on 2012-12-07
2. https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia