Calliostoma scalenum
Appearance
Calliostoma scalenum | |
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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. scalenum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma scalenum Quinn, 1992
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Synonyms | |
Calliostoma jujubinum auct. non Gmelin, 1791 |
Calliostoma scalenum, common name the Gulfstream top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 41 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA, at depths between 25 m and 80 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Calliostoma scalenum Quinn, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- 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
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
[edit]- "Calliostoma scalenum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.