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Species Page:

Depressed Top Snail

Dall, 1881

Calliostoma yucatecanum

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Trochida

Family:

Calliostomatidae

Calliostomatidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP

Shell Information

Maximum size (mm): 16

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to Quintana Roo

8 to 1170 meters

Diet:

Herbivore

Habitat:

Marine; Soft substrate

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma yucatecanum Dall, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419434 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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