Common name of Calliostoma dentatum
 
Common Name Sprocket topsnail
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
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.; 'sprocket', i.e., toothed wheel.
 
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