Biology:Calliostoma waikanae forsteriana
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Calliostoma waikanae forsteriana | |
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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. waikanae
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| Subspecies: | C. waikanae forsteriana
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| Trinomial name | |
| Calliostoma waikanae forsteriana (Dell, 1950)
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Calliostoma waikanae forsteriana is a subspecies of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.
Description
The height of the shell attains 45 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
- 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) waikanae forsteriana" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_10797.shtml.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q5022460 entry
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