Calliostoma layardi
Appearance
Calliostoma layardi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. layardi
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma layardi Sowerby III, 1897
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Calliostoma layardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Southern Transkei to Southern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ Calliostoma layardi Sowerby III, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 39
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
External links
[edit]- "Calliostoma layardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV; Annals of the South African Museum. v 47 1963-1974