Image of Calliostoma gloriosum Dall 1871
Description:
This topsnail covers its shell with a heavy coating of mucus which makes it difficult for its predators to grasp it.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Vetigastropoda
- Trochoidea
- Calliostomatidae
- Calliostomatinae
- Calliostoma
- Calliostoma gloriosum
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Source Information
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- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
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- 2006 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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