Calliostoma melliferum
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Calliostoma melliferum | |
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A subadult shell of C. melliferum with its respective operculum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. melliferum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma melliferum Cavallari & Simone, 2018
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Calliostoma melliferum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
The shell of Calliostoma melliferum is relatively small for a species in the genus Calliostoma, with maximum height ranging from 8 mm to 10 mm.[1]
Distribution
This species is only known from Canopus Bank, a seamount off the northeastern coast of Brazil, at depths between 60 m and 260 m.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. (7 August 2018). "A new species of Calliostoma (Vetigastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from Canopus Bank, off northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4457 (1): 156. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.8.
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