Calliostoma purpureum Quinn 1992

Calliostoma purpureum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 11 and 27 mm (0.43 and 1.06 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, off Trinidad and off the Bahamas.

References

• Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114