Calliostoma layardi G. B. Sowerby Iii 1897

Calliostoma layardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Southern Transkei to Southern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

References

• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 39
• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218