Biology:Calliostoma aulicum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma aulicum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. aulicum
Binomial name
Calliostoma aulicum
Quinn, 1992

Calliostoma aulicum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 16 mm. The umbilical shell has a conical shape and is finely sculptured. The teleoconch contains 7.5 concave whorls. The color of the shell is ivory with a few, faint patches of golden brown.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama, eastern Venezuela, Suriname and Trinidad at depths between 12 mm and 48 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma aulicum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532253 on 2012-12-07
  • Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5022260 entry