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Calliostoma gloriosum Glorious Topsnail

Calliostoma gloriosum is commonly referred to as Glorious Topsnail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Calliostoma gloriosum , Pillar Point 2016


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lexID:
10242 
AphiaID:
580411 
Scientific:
Calliostoma gloriosum 
German:
Gloriose-Kreiselschnecke 
English:
Glorious Topsnail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Calliostomatidae (Family) > Calliostoma (Genus) > gloriosum (Species) 
Initial determination:
Dall, 1871 
Occurrence:
Alaska East Coast USA, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Pacific Ocean, USA 
Sea depth:
5 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,4cm - 3,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 50 °F (°C - 10°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Sponges 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Calliostoma adelae
  • Calliostoma adspersum
  • Calliostoma africanum
  • Calliostoma agrigentinum
  • Calliostoma aikeni
  • Calliostoma alboregium
  • Calliostoma alisi
  • Calliostoma allporti
  • Calliostoma alternum
  • Calliostoma anderssoni
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-07-20 13:07:14 

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Calliostoma gloriosum Dall, 1871

The shell is light salmon or orange-brown in colour , ornamented with alternate patches of light yellow and chestnut-brown.Calliostoma Gloriosum is omnivore, but prefers sponges, including Tethya californiana.This species lives on seaweed and kelp.

Similar species : Calliostoma ligatum is smaller and more distinctly banded in colour.

External links

  1. Calliostoma and Akoya of the Californian Marine Province (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae) (en). Abgerufen am 22.05.2022.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 11.08.2020.

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Calliostoma gloriosum , Pillar Point 2016
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Calliostoma gloriosum , Pillar Point 2016
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Calliostoma gloriosum , Pillar Point 2016
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Calliostoma gloriosum, Glorious Topsnail, Morro Bay, California 2018
Calliostoma gloriosum, Glorious Topsnail, Morro Bay, California 2018
Calliostoma gloriosum 2014
Calliostoma gloriosum, Morro Bay, Hazard Reef 2015
Calliostoma gloriosum, Morro Bay, Hazard Reef 2015

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