Calliostoma benthicola
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 | This taxon may be invalid (unaccepted). (Jan 2019) |
| Calliostoma benthicola | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. benthicola
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| Calliostoma benthicola (Dell, 1950)
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Calliostoma benthicola is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).
Description
The height of the shell attains 26 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma benthicola (Dell, 1950). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467168 on 2010-05-21
External links
- "Calliostoma (Maurea) benthicola". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1Error: "Q5022274" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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