Xeniostoma inexpectans
| Xeniostoma inexpectans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Xeniostoma |
| Species: | X. inexpectans
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| Binomial name | |
| Xeniostoma inexpectans McLean, 2012[1]
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Xeniostoma inexpectans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The height of the thin, silvery white shell attains 8.7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, at depths between 200 m and 400 m.
References
[edit]- ^ McLean J. H. (2012) Detrital feeding in Xeniostoma inexpectans, new genus, new species, and new subfamily Xeniostomatinae of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda), hosted by hexactinellid sponges of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Nautilus 126(3): 89–97|2012-12-07
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Xeniostoma inexpectans McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711467 on 2012-12-07
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