Key Identification Features
- This species exhibits a wide range of distinct behavioral reactions to contacts with other animals.
- Calliostoma tricolor Gabb, 1865 has a rather solid, conical shell that typically has around 7 obtusely bi-angular shouldered whorls.
- Early whorls feature minutely beaded threads, which become smoother, developing into fine smooth spiral ribs on later whorls.
- Carpenter, 1864 is a small species of sea snail with a distinct shell morphology.
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