Calliostomatidae – Calliostomatinae: Calliostoma (Fautor) columnarium Hedley & May, 1908 (‘Cape Pillar top-shell’)

Synonym(s): columnarium Hedley & May, 1908.

Typical shell-length 8.0 mm. Lives in offshore waters on sponges and bryozoans. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma

no coastal locality records for this species currently available