Calliostoma scotti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. scotti
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma scotti Kilburn, 1973
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Synonyms[1] | |
Calliostoma (Kombologion) scotti Kilburn, 1973 |
Calliostoma scotti, common name Scott's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion)
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean between Somalia and South Africa.