Biology:Calliostoma blacki
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Tribe: | Calliostomatini
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| Species: | C. blacki
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| Calliostoma blacki Powell, 1950
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Calliostoma blacki, common name Black's maurea, is a medium-sized 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 size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma blacki (Powell, 1950). 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=467169 on 2010-05-21
External links
- "Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_2391.shtml.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
Wikidata ☰ Q5022278 entry
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