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Family Calliostomatidae
Calliostoma euglyptum (A. Adams, 1855)
Sculptured topsnail - 18 mm


Shell turbinate, spire angle about 65°. Whorls stepped, shoulder well-defined, giving stepped aspect to spire. Whorls covered with six finely beaded spiral lines that alternate with narrower lines. Color tan, vaguely mottled with white. Protoconch darker. Umbilicus lacking, center of base whitish.
 
 

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