Jump to content

Calliostoma zietzi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Calliostoma zietzi
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. zietzi
Binomial name
Calliostoma zietzi
Verco, 1905
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Fautor) zietzi Verco, 1905

Calliostoma zietzi, common name the Zietz top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor) .

Description

[edit]

The height of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

[edit]

This marine species occurs off Victoria to Western Australia; off Tasmania.

References

[edit]
  • Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide: Govt. Printer. pp. 1–449.
  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408
[edit]