Biology:Calliostoma purpureum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma purpureum
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. purpureum
Binomial name
Calliostoma purpureum
Quinn, 1992

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 11 and 27 mm (0.43 and 1.06 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, off Trinidad and off the Bahamas.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532535 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 ☰ Q13583672 entry