Calliostoma turnerarum

Calliostoma turnerarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Tribe:	Calliostomatini
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. turnerarum
Binomial name
	Calliostoma turnerarum; Powell, 1964
Synonyms
	Calliostoma (Maurea) turnerarum (Powell, 1964); Maurea turnerarum Powell, 1964 (original description);

Calliostoma turnerarum, common name Turner's top shell, is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.^[1]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea)

Description

The height of the shell attains 57 mm.

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

^ WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma turnerarum (Powell, 1964). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467276 on 2010-05-21

Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127