Calliostomatinae
| Calliostomatinae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: |
Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924 (1847) |
| Genera and species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Calliostomatini Thiele, 1924 (1847) |
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Calliostomatini Thiele, 1924 (1847)
Calliostomatinae is a subfamily of gastropods, belonging to the family Calliostomatidae.
They are somewhat large sea snails - marine gastropod mollusks, with gills and a thin, circular, corneous, and many-whorled operculum. Their shell is conical with angular periphery. The spiral sculpture consists of raised cords, in many cases strongly beaded. The has a raised hexagonal pattern. The columella is simple above, not folded, and either simply concave below or slightly truncate and toothed. The radula has the rhachidian and 4 to 5 lateral teeth with irregularly oval body, and rather long, pointed cusps, their outer edges serrate.The inner marginal teeth are enlarged. The pseudo-proboscis of the animal is well developed
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