Biology:Calliostoma rosewateri
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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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 |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. rosewateri
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma rosewateri Clench & Turner, 1960
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Calliostoma rosewateri, common name Rosewater's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off the Lesser Antilles and in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia at depths between 270 m and 420 m.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma rosewateri Clench & Turner, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532536 on 2012-12-07
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1-80
External links
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
Wikidata ☰ Q5022484 entry
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