Biology:Calliostoma toshiharui

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma toshiharui
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. toshiharui
Binomial name
Calliostoma toshiharui
Kosuge, 1997
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Kombologian) toshiharui Kosuge, 1997

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

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion).

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Borneo.

References

  • Kosuge, S., 1997. Description of a new species of the family Trochidae from south-western Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 3(4):64–65, pl. 21.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5022532 entry