Common name of Calliostoma turbinum
 
Common Name Spindle topsnail
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier morphology
Remarks 'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'; 'top' here pertains to the pointed tip and round and wider base shape of species in this family; 'spindle', i.e., round stick with tapered ends used in hand twisting yarn.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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