Calliostoma sanjaimense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma sanjaimense McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574906 on 2012-12-07Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
Description Features a shell of moderate size, about 20mm tall and a diameter of 18.4mm. Its shell is yellowish brown in color and contains 7 whorls. The exterior of the shell is wrapped in may beaded chords. It differs from its closest evolutionary relative, C. iridium, due to its sturdier shell as well as more strongly beaded chords on its inner whorls.
Distribution Found in waters off of Baja California, Mexico
References
External links ITIS World Register of Marine Species