Calliostoma melliferum

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Calliostoma melliferum
Calliostoma melliferum shell.jpg
A subadult shell of C. melliferum with its respective operculum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. melliferum
Binomial name
Calliostoma melliferum
Cavallari & Simone, 2018

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

  1. ^ 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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