Chocolate-Lined Topsnail

Chocolate-Lined Topsnail
Name: Chocolate-Lined Topsnail
Scientific Name: Calliostoma javanicum
Family: Top Snails
Taxonomic: Calliostomatidae
ID Group: Snails, Clams & Shells
Size: up to 1.25 in.
Depth Range: On the reef (10 – 60 ft.)
Sightings: Not usually seen

This Snail has a conical shell with thin brown lines. Its name comes from the chocolate-colored lines that decorate its shell and mantle.