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Author: Cardenas, J , Aldea, C. & Valdovinos, C.
Author: Forcelli, D.O.
Author: Poppe, G.
Author: Castellanos, Z. J. A. de
Description
Conical shell, with a high spire of approximately six slightly convex whorls, and a rounded aperture. No umbilicus. White surface with a light violet tonality and granulated spiral cords with more marked granules on the first cords of each whorl. Similar in appearance to C. fonkii Philippi, 1860, which has a more angular aperture and larger granules on the sculpture.
Cardenas, J , Aldea, C. & Valdovinos, C., 2008. Chilean Marine Mollusca of Northern Patagonica collected during the CIMAR-10 fjords cruise.
Distribution
On the Pacific coast, it has been recorded from 44º to 46ºS (Osorio et al. 2006), from 20 to 160 m depth (Osorio & Reid 2004); and from Tierrra del Fuego to 31ºS in the Atlantic (Castellanos & Landoni 1989).
Cardenas, J , Aldea, C. & Valdovinos, C., 2008. Chilean Marine Mollusca of Northern Patagonica collected during the CIMAR-10 fjords cruise.
Author: Jan Delsing
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Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Calliostoma consimile (Smith, 1881)]Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015