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Calliostoma kochi

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Calliostoma kochi
Shell of Calliostoma kochi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. kochi
Binomial name
Calliostoma kochi
Pallary 1902 [1]
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma dubium var. kochi Pallary 1902 (original description)
  • Calliostoma kochi var. decorata Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. planicosta Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. trifuniculata Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. laevigata Pallary 1920

Calliostoma kochi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Morocco and Tangier

References

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  1. ^ Pallary P., 1902: Liste des mollusques testacés de la baie de Tanger, Journal de Conchyliologie 50: 1–39, pl. 1
  2. ^ Calliostoma kochi Pallary, 1902. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 (
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