Biology:Calliostoma vinosum

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Calliostoma vinosum
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. vinosum
Binomial name
Calliostoma vinosum
Quinn, 1992
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma barbouri auct. non Clench & Aguayo, 1946
  • Calliostoma bullisi auct. non Clench & Turner, 1960
  • Calliostoma javanicum auct. non Lamarck, 1822

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 22 m and 103 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma vinosum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532546 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 ☰ Q5022550 entry