Biology:Calliostoma turnerarum
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Calliostoma turnerarum | |
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Tribe: | Calliostomatini
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| Species: | C. turnerarum
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| Calliostoma turnerarum Powell, 1964
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Calliostoma turnerarum, common name Turner's top shell, is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea)
Description
The height of the shell attains 57 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma turnerarum (Powell, 1964). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467276 on 2010-05-21
- Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127
External links
- "Calliostoma (Maurea) turnerarum" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_16149.shtml.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q5022545 entry
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