Calliostoma maurolici

Calliostoma maurolici is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.^[1][2]

Calliostoma maurolici
Illustration of Calliostoma maurolici
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. maurolici
Binomial name
Calliostoma maurolici (G. Seguenza, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
Calliostoma obesulum (Locard, 1898) Gibbula maurolici (G. Seguenza, 1876) Gibbula obesula Locard, 1898 Trochus (Zizyphinus) maurolici G. Seguenza, 1876

Description

The height of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco and on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; also on the Galicia Bank, Northeast Atlantic Ocean.