Calliostoma argentum
| Calliostoma argentum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. argentum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma argentum Quinn, 1992
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Calliostoma argentum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 35 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the West Indies and in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico at depths between 175 m and 348 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma argentum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532506 on 2012-12-07
- Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114.
External links
[edit]- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Calliostoma argentum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.