Biology:Calliostoma moscatellii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Calliostoma carcellesi auct. non Clench & Aguayo, 1940

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil at depths between 50 m and 200 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma moscatellii Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532531 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 ☰ Q5022432 entry