Calliostoma granulatum

Calliostoma granulatum
Shell of Calliostoma granulatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. granulatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma granulatum
(Born, 1778) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calliostoma papillosa (Da Costa, 1778)
  • Trochus fragilis Pulteney (not Gmel.)
  • Trochus papillosum Da Costa, 1778
  • Ziziphinus granulatus Brusina

Calliostoma granulatum, common name the European granular top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Illustration of Calliostoma granulatum from Natural History: Mollusca (1854)

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).

  1. ^ Born, Ind. Rer. Natur. Mus. Caes. Vind., p. 343 (1778)
  2. ^ a b Calliostoma granulatum (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2012.