Calliostoma kochi

Calliostoma kochi
	Shell of Calliostoma kochi (syntype 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. kochi
Binomial name
	Calliostoma kochi; Pallary 1902
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

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

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Morocco and Tangier

^ Pallary P., 1902: Liste des mollusques testacés de la baie de Tanger, Journal de Conchyliologie 50: 1–39, pl. 1
^ 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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