Summary ²

Calliostoma ligatum,common name the blue topsnail, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae, the Calliostoma top snails.

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1. (c) Femorale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.femorale.com/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Calliostoma%20ligatum%20(Gould,%201849)
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliostoma_ligatum

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