Calliostoma waikanae
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | C. waikanae
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Calliostoma waikanae (Oliver, 1926)
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Calliostoma waikanae, common name the Waikanae top shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- Calliostoma waikanae forsteriana Dell, 1950
Description
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands; Northern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia
References
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma waikanae Oliver, 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=467282 on 2010-05-21
- Oliver, W.R.B. (1926). New Zealand species of Calliostoma. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 17 : 107–115, pl. 10
- 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) waikanae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127Error: "Q5022562" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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