Calliostoma pulchrum

Author
C. B. Adams, 1850
Common Names
  • Beautiful Topsnail
  • Beautiful Top Shell

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
366 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Surinam
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • carnivore (includes scavengers)
  • offshore banks in northern Gulf of Mexico
  • seagrass
References

  • Gundersen, R. W. 1998. The Seashells of Sanibel and Captiva Islands. Author, Kenosha, Wisconsin. 32 pp.

  • Lyons, W. G. 1989b. Nearshore marine ecology at Hutchinson Island, Florida: 1971–1974. XI. Mollusks. Florida Marine Research Publications 47: iv + 131 pp.

  • Odé, H. 1972. A survey of the molluscan fauna of the northwest Gulf of Mexico-preliminary report. Texas Conchologist 9(2): 46–48.

  • Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1979. Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 130. The systematics and zoogeography of the gastropod family Trochidae collected in the straits of Florida and its approaches. Malacologia 19(1): 1–62.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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