Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Calliostoma ticaonicum (A. Adams, 1853)
The conical shell is elevated but still rather small : 5 – 20 mm. It is perforate. Its colour range from a yellowish-brown to a pale pink. The apex is blackish-purple.
On the Marshall-Islands this snails apparently eating corals in the genera Stylaster and Distichopora, which are both hydrocorals like the Millepora eaten by Calliostoma fragum.
Synonymised names:
Ziziphinus ticaonicus A. Adams, 1853
The conical shell is elevated but still rather small : 5 – 20 mm. It is perforate. Its colour range from a yellowish-brown to a pale pink. The apex is blackish-purple.
On the Marshall-Islands this snails apparently eating corals in the genera Stylaster and Distichopora, which are both hydrocorals like the Millepora eaten by Calliostoma fragum.
Synonymised names:
Ziziphinus ticaonicus A. Adams, 1853
