Biology:Calliostoma melliferum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma melliferum
Calliostoma melliferum shell.jpg
A subadult shell of C. melliferum with its respective operculum
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. melliferum
Binomial name
Calliostoma melliferum
Cavallari & Simone, 2018

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

Description

The shell of Calliostoma melliferum is relatively small for a species in the genus Calliostoma, with maximum height ranging from 8 mm to 10 mm.[1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Canopus Bank, a seamount off the northeastern coast of Brazil , at depths between 60 m and 260 m.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q56276908 entry