Family Calliostomatidae Calliostoma pulchrum (C. B. Adams, 1850) Beautiful top snail - 18 mm Shell turbinate, spire angle smaller than most Calliostoma. Whorls flat-sided, shoulder well-defined, giving stepped aspect to spire. Whorls covered with finely beaded spiral lines. Color tan, mottled with reddish brown spots and irregular grayish streaks.
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