Chrysostoma

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Chrysostoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Chrysostoma
Swainson, 1840
Type species
Turbo nicobaricus
Gmelin, 1791

Chrysostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1][2]

The solid, thick shell has a globose shape. The spire is very short . The aperture is rounded. The parietal wall bears a heavy callus which wholly or almost covers the narrow umbilicus.[3]

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