Biology:Calliostoma fucosum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma fucosum
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. fucosum
Binomial name
Calliostoma fucosum
Quinn, 1992
Synonyms

Ziziphinus leanus auct. non C. B. Adams, 1852

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela at depths between 7 m and 20 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma fucosum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532312 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 ☰ Q5022327 entry