Calliostoma xylocinnamomum
Appearance
Calliostoma xylocinnamomum | |
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Shell of Calliostoma xylocinnamomum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. xylocinnamomum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma xylocinnamomum Vilvens, 2005[1]
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Calliostoma xylocinnamomum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) .
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 11 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Fiji Islands and Wallis and Futuna.
References
[edit]- ^ Vilvens. 2005. Novapex 6(1–2) : 1–17. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Calliostoma xylocinnamomum Vilvens, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Vilvens C. 2005. New records and new species of Calliostoma and Bathyfautor (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from the Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga. Novapex 6(1–2): 1–17
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Calliostoma xylocinnamomum.
- "Calliostoma xylocinnamomum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.