Calliostoma thrincoma explained

Calliostoma thrincoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Description

The height of this conical-pyramidal, imperforate shell attains 11 mm. It is highly sculptured and conspicuously keeled around every whorl just above the suture. The body whorl at the periphery is bicarinate. The aperture is square-shaped.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Oman.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993054#page/719/mode/1up The Annals and magazine of natural history, Melvill & Standen, Description of sixty-eight new gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the North Arabian Sea; 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)

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