Calliostoma sarcodum

Calliostoma sarcodum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. sarcodum
Binomial name
Calliostoma sarcodum
Dall, 1927
Synonyms

Calliostoma jaumei Clench & Aguayo, 1946

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles at depths between 6 m and 12 m.

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