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Shell of the Week: The Sculptured Top Snail

José H. Leal

Calliostoma euglyptum (A. Adams, 1855) is one of the locally rarer species of the family top snail family Calliostomatidae. Commonly reaching about 18 mm (about ¾ inch), the species has characteristic, slightly rounded whorl sides, and a base without a well-defined, deep umbilicus, the orifice present on the center of the base of other species of the family. The color is dull-rose or orangish-brown, with faint streaks of lighter color.


The Sculptured Top Snail, Calliostoma euglyptum. Photo by José H. Leal.

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