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Family: Calliostomatidae (See list of species below)

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156 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Calliostoma aculeatum []	No picture found Calliostoma adelae [Keys topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma adspersum []
No picture found Calliostoma alternum []	No picture found Calliostoma anderssoni []	No picture found Calliostoma annulatum [Purple-ringed topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma anseeuwi []	No picture found Calliostoma apicinum []	No picture found Calliostoma argentum []
No picture found Calliostoma atlantis []	No picture found Calliostoma aulicum []	No picture found Calliostoma aurora []
No picture found Calliostoma axelolssoni []	No picture found Calliostoma bairdii []	No picture found Calliostoma barbouri []
No picture found Calliostoma benedicti []	No picture found Calliostoma bermudense []	No picture found Calliostoma bernardi []
No picture found Calliostoma bigelowi []	No picture found Calliostoma blakei []	No picture found Calliostoma brunneopictum []
No picture found Calliostoma brunneum []	No picture found Calliostoma bullisi []	No picture found Calliostoma canaliculatum [Channeled topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma carcellesi []	No picture found Calliostoma chinoi []	No picture found Calliostoma cinctellum []
No picture found Calliostoma circumcinctum []	No picture found Calliostoma cnidophilum []	No picture found Calliostoma consimile [Pinkish topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma consobrinum []	Calliostoma conulus [Shining topshell]	No picture found Calliostoma coppingeri []
No picture found Calliostoma coronatum []	No picture found Calliostoma cubanum []	No picture found Calliostoma cubense []
No picture found Calliostoma debile []	No picture found Calliostoma decipiens []	No picture found Calliostoma dedonderi []
No picture found Calliostoma dentatum [Sprocket topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma depictum []	No picture found Calliostoma doncorni []
No picture found Calliostoma echinatum []	No picture found Calliostoma emmanueli []	Calliostoma euglyptum [Sculptured topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma fascinans [Enchanting topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma fernandezi []	No picture found Calliostoma fragum []
No picture found Calliostoma frumari []	No picture found Calliostoma fucosum []	No picture found Calliostoma gemmosum []
No picture found Calliostoma gendalli []	Calliostoma granulatum []	No picture found Calliostoma gubbiolii []
No picture found Calliostoma guesti []	No picture found Calliostoma guphili []	Calliostoma haliarchus [Sea monarch top]
No picture found Calliostoma halibrectum []	Calliostoma hassler []	No picture found Calliostoma hendersoni []
No picture found Calliostoma hilare []	No picture found Calliostoma houarti []	No picture found Calliostoma ilhabelense []
Calliostoma indiana []	No picture found Calliostoma iris []	No picture found Calliostoma irisans []
No picture found Calliostoma jamiesoni []	Calliostoma javanicum [Chocolate-line topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma jeanneae []
Calliostoma jujubinum [Mottled topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma kampsa []	No picture found Calliostoma kochi []
No picture found Calliostoma laugieri [Painted top shell]	No picture found Calliostoma leanum []	Calliostoma ligatum [Blue topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma magaldii []	No picture found Calliostoma margaritissimus []	No picture found Calliostoma mariae []
No picture found Calliostoma marionae [Mahogany topsnail]	Calliostoma mcleani []	No picture found Calliostoma modestulum []
No picture found Calliostoma moebiusi []	No picture found Calliostoma moscatellii []	No picture found Calliostoma multispinosum []
No picture found Calliostoma nordenskjoldi []	No picture found Calliostoma nubilum []	No picture found Calliostoma nudiusculum []
No picture found Calliostoma nudum []	No picture found Calliostoma occidentale [Boreal topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma oregon []
No picture found Calliostoma orion []	No picture found Calliostoma paucicostatum []	No picture found Calliostoma peregrinum []
No picture found Calliostoma philippei []	No picture found Calliostoma platinum [Silvery topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma poppei []
No picture found Calliostoma psyche [Psyche topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma pulchrum [Beautiful topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma purpureum []
No picture found Calliostoma roseolum [Rosy topsnail]	No picture found Calliostoma rosewateri []	No picture found Calliostoma rota []
No picture found Calliostoma rude []	No picture found Calliostoma sakashitai []	Calliostoma sapidum [Ratchet topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma sarcodum []	No picture found Calliostoma sayanum []	No picture found Calliostoma scalenum [Gulf Stream topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma schroederi []	Calliostoma scobinatum []	No picture found Calliostoma scurra []
No picture found Calliostoma semisuave []	No picture found Calliostoma serratulum []	No picture found Calliostoma simplex []
No picture found Calliostoma springeri []	No picture found Calliostoma stirophorum []	No picture found Calliostoma suduirauti []
No picture found Calliostoma swinneni []	No picture found Calliostoma takujii []	No picture found Calliostoma tampaense [Tampa Bay topsnail]
No picture found Calliostoma tenebrosum []	Calliostoma ticaonica []	Calliostoma ticaonicum []
No picture found Calliostoma tittarium []	No picture found Calliostoma torrei []	No picture found Calliostoma tosaense []
No picture found Calliostoma toshiharuai []	No picture found Calliostoma trachystum []	No picture found Calliostoma trotini []
Calliostoma unicum [Dall's unicum top]	No picture found Calliostoma variegatum [Variegate topsnail]	Calliostoma vicdani []
No picture found Calliostoma vilvensi []	No picture found Calliostoma vinosum []	No picture found Calliostoma virescens []
No picture found Calliostoma viscardii []	No picture found Calliostoma yucatecanum [Depressed topsnail]	Calliostoma zizyphinum [Painted top-shell]
No picture found Falsimargarita benthicola []	Falsimargarita gemma []	No picture found Falsimargarita georgiana []
No picture found Falsimargarita nauduri []	No picture found Falsimargarita stephaniae []	No picture found Falsimargarita thielei []
No picture found Photinostoma taeniatum []	No picture found Photinula coerulescens []	No picture found Photinula crawshayi []
No picture found Photinula lahillei []	No picture found Photinula roseolineata []	No picture found Photinula viaginalis []
No picture found Selastele pictum []	No picture found Thysanodonta boucheti []	No picture found Thysanodonta eucosmia []
No picture found Thysanodonta opima []	No picture found Venustatrochus georgianus []	No picture found Ziziphinus polychromus []

156 Species of Family Calliostomatidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Calliostoma aculeatum		Northwest Pacific
Calliostoma adelae	Keys topsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Calliostoma adspersum		Western Atlantic	2.2 DL
Calliostoma alternum		Western Atlantic.	1.56 DL
Calliostoma anderssoni		Western Atlantic.	2.44 DL
Calliostoma annulatum	Purple-ringed topsnail	Eastern Pacific and the A	3 SHD
Calliostoma anseeuwi		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma apicinum		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Calliostoma argentum		Western Atlantic.	2.56 DL
Calliostoma atlantis		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL
Calliostoma aulicum		Western Atlantic.	1.59 DL
Calliostoma aurora		Western Atlantic.	2.78 DL
Calliostoma axelolssoni		Western Atlantic.
Calliostoma bairdii		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL
Calliostoma barbouri		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Calliostoma benedicti		Western Central Atlantic.	1.8 DL
Calliostoma bermudense		Western Atlantic.	1.26 DL
Calliostoma bernardi		Eastern Pacific
Calliostoma bigelowi		Western Central Atlantic	3.35 DL
Calliostoma blakei		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.94 DL
Calliostoma brunneopictum		Western Atlantic.	0.85 DL
Calliostoma brunneum		Western Atlantic.	1.55 DL
Calliostoma bullisi		Western Atlantic	2.7 DL
Calliostoma canaliculatum	Channeled topsnail	Northeast Pacific	3.5 SHH
Calliostoma carcellesi		Western Atlantic.	2.06 DL
Calliostoma chinoi		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma cinctellum		Western Atlantic.	0.95 DL
Calliostoma circumcinctum		Western Central Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Calliostoma cnidophilum		Western Atlantic.	1.41 DL
Calliostoma consimile	Pinkish topsnail	Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.29 DL
Calliostoma consobrinum		Southwest Pacific
Calliostoma conulus	Shining topshell	Northeast Atlantic and th
Calliostoma coppingeri		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.4 DL
Calliostoma coronatum		Western Atlantic.	0.43 DL
Calliostoma cubanum		Western Atlantic	1.65 DL
Calliostoma cubense		Western Central Atlantic	1.66 DL
Calliostoma debile		Western Atlantic.	1.03 DL
Calliostoma decipiens		Western Atlantic.
Calliostoma dedonderi		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma dentatum	Sprocket topsnail	Western Central Atlantic	0.84 DL
Calliostoma depictum		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Calliostoma doncorni		Eastern Central Pacific
Calliostoma echinatum		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Calliostoma emmanueli		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma euglyptum	Sculptured topsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	2.6 DL
Calliostoma fascinans	Enchanting topsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1.16 DL
Calliostoma fernandezi		Western Atlantic.	2.85 DL
Calliostoma fragum		Indo-West Pacific
Calliostoma frumari		Western Atlantic.	0.77 DL
Calliostoma fucosum		Western Atlantic.	1.28 DL
Calliostoma gemmosum		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Calliostoma gendalli		Southwest Pacific
Calliostoma granulatum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Calliostoma gubbiolii		Mediterranean Sea.
Calliostoma guesti		Western Atlantic.	2.75 DL
Calliostoma guphili		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma haliarchus	Sea monarch top	Western Pacific
Calliostoma halibrectum		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Calliostoma hassler		Western Atlantic.	3.2 DL
Calliostoma hendersoni		Western Atlantic.	2.75 DL
Calliostoma hilare		Western Atlantic.	1.45 DL
Calliostoma houarti		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma ilhabelense		Western Atlantic.
Calliostoma indiana		Western Atlantic	1.1 DL
Calliostoma iris		Western Pacific	2 DL
Calliostoma irisans		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.1 DL
Calliostoma jamiesoni		Southwest Pacific
Calliostoma javanicum	Chocolate-line topsnail	Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL
Calliostoma jeanneae		Western Central Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Calliostoma jujubinum	Mottled topsnail	Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL
Calliostoma kampsa		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Calliostoma kochi		Mediterranean Sea.
Calliostoma laugieri	Painted top shell	Mediterranean and Baltic
Calliostoma leanum		Southeast Pacific
Calliostoma ligatum	Blue topsnail	Eastern Pacific and the A	2.5 SHD
Calliostoma magaldii		Western Atlantic.	1.28 DL
Calliostoma margaritissimus		Eastern Central Pacific
Calliostoma mariae		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma marionae	Mahogany topsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	2.9 DL
Calliostoma mcleani		Southeast Pacific
Calliostoma modestulum		Western Atlantic.	1.25 DL
Calliostoma moebiusi		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.66 DL
Calliostoma moscatellii		Western Atlantic.	2.77 DL
Calliostoma multispinosum		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma nordenskjoldi		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.4 DL
Calliostoma nubilum		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Calliostoma nudiusculum		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.45 DL
Calliostoma nudum		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.3 DL
Calliostoma occidentale	Boreal topsnail	Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	1.7 DL
Calliostoma oregon		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL
Calliostoma orion		Western Atlantic.	2.22 DL
Calliostoma paucicostatum		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma peregrinum		Western Central Pacific.
Calliostoma philippei		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma platinum	Silvery topsnail	Northeast Pacific	2.5 SHH
Calliostoma poppei		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma psyche	Psyche topsnail	Western Central Atlantic	2.4 DL
Calliostoma pulchrum	Beautiful topsnail	Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL
Calliostoma purpureum		Western Atlantic.	2.39 DL
Calliostoma roseolum	Rosy topsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Calliostoma rosewateri		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL
Calliostoma rota		Western Atlantic.	0.99 DL
Calliostoma rude		Western Atlantic.	1.33 DL
Calliostoma sakashitai		Western Pacific
Calliostoma sapidum	Ratchet topsnail	Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Calliostoma sarcodum		Western Central Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Calliostoma sayanum		Western Central Atlantic.	3.9 DL
Calliostoma scalenum	Gulf Stream topsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	4.06 DL
Calliostoma schroederi		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL
Calliostoma scobinatum		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma scurra		Western Atlantic.	1.41 DL
Calliostoma semisuave		Western Atlantic.	1.34 DL
Calliostoma serratulum		Western Atlantic.	1.67 DL
Calliostoma simplex		Western Pacific
Calliostoma springeri		Western Central Atlantic.	3.9 DL
Calliostoma stirophorum		Western Atlantic.	0.76 DL
Calliostoma suduirauti		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma swinneni		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma takujii		Western Pacific
Calliostoma tampaense	Tampa Bay topsnail	Western Central Atlantic	2.1 DL
Calliostoma tenebrosum		Western Atlantic.	1.36 DL
Calliostoma ticaonica		Western Central Pacific	1.5 SHH
Calliostoma ticaonicum		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma tittarium		Western Atlantic.	0.35 DL
Calliostoma torrei		Western Atlantic.	4.1 DL
Calliostoma tosaense		Western Pacific
Calliostoma toshiharuai		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma trachystum		Western Atlantic.	0.25 DL
Calliostoma trotini		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma unicum	Dall's unicum top	Northwest Pacific
Calliostoma variegatum	Variegate topsnail	Northeastern Pacific	2.5 SHH
Calliostoma vicdani		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma vilvensi		Western Central Pacific
Calliostoma vinosum		Western Atlantic.	1.98 DL
Calliostoma virescens		Mediterranean Sea.
Calliostoma viscardii		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Calliostoma yucatecanum	Depressed topsnail	Western Atlantic Ocean.	1.6 DL
Calliostoma zizyphinum	Painted top-shell	Northeast Atlantic and th
Falsimargarita benthicola		Western Atlantic.	2.08 DL
Falsimargarita gemma		Indo-West Pacific, Atlant	2.5 DL
Falsimargarita georgiana		Western Atlantic.	3.13 DL
Falsimargarita nauduri		Southeast Pacific
Falsimargarita stephaniae		Western Atlantic.	1.66 DL
Falsimargarita thielei		Western Atlantic and Indo	2.15 DL
Photinostoma taeniatum		Western Atlantic and East	2.84 DL
Photinula coerulescens		Southeast Pacific, Southw	3.09 DL
Photinula crawshayi		Western Atlantic and East	2.1 DL
Photinula lahillei		Western Atlantic.	1.95 DL
Photinula roseolineata		Western Atlantic and East	1.5 DL
Photinula viaginalis		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Selastele pictum		Western Central Pacific.
Thysanodonta boucheti		Western Central Pacific.
Thysanodonta eucosmia		Western Central Pacific.
Thysanodonta opima		Western Central Pacific.
Venustatrochus georgianus		Western Atlantic.	4 DL
Ziziphinus polychromus		Western Central Pacific	2 SHH

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