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Calliostoma leanum (C. B. Adams, 1852)

calliostoma rojiza, Pretty mouth

Height: 12 mm; diameter: 11 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), Intertidal and subtidal.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Trochida

Superfamily
Trochoidea

Family
Calliostomatidae

Section
Calliostomatini

Genus
Calliostoma

Species
leanum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Trochus macandrae Carpenter, 1857. AMNH: 139482, 165443, 165513, 165600, ANSP: 81951, LACM : 147615, 147616, 34-20.5, 34-21.3,34-30.4, 34-40.10, 34-43.7, 34-51.9, 34-57.3, 34-67.6, 34-70.5, 34-226.1, 34-265.5, 66-125.13, 71-52.5, 71-61.5, 71-75.2, 72-189.3, 72-193.4, 72-196.7, 72-200.4, 72-226.1, CDRS : 309, 310, 809, 839, CLHI : 97-224, 97-234 (CDRS), MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Gulf of California to Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Calliostoma leanum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8644. Accessed 7 June 2026.