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Species Page:

Gulfstream Top Snail

Quinn, 1992

Calliostoma scalenum

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Trochida

Family:

Calliostomatidae

Calliostomatidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 367152 [paratype]

Shell Information

Maximum size (mm): 40.6

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to Texas

25 to 80 meters

Diet:

Herbivore

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma scalenum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419429 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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