Calliostoma osbornei

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Calliostoma osbornei
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C. osbornei
Binomial name
Calliostoma osbornei
Powell, 1926
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Maurea) osbornei Powell, 1926

Calliostoma osbornei, common name Osborn's top shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma osbornei Powell, 1926. 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=467234 on 2010-05-21
  • Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127

External links

  • "Calliostoma (Maurea) osbornei". 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: "Q1634659" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.