Calliostoma layardi
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. layardi
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| 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
The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Southern Transkei to Southern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.
References
- ^ Calliostoma layardi Sowerby III, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- 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
- Gastropods.com: Calliostoma layardi
- Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV; Annals of the South African Museum. v 47 1963-1974