Calliostoma aikeni

Calliostoma aikeni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]

Calliostoma aikeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. aikeni
Binomial name
Calliostoma aikeni
Lussi, 2014

Distribution

This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal.[1]

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Calliostoma aikeni Lussi, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827842 on 2018-12-28
  2. Lussi M. (2014). Description of a new species of Calliostoma from eastern South Africa with notes on the genus - (Gastropoda: Verigastropoda: Trochoidea). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 85: 14-19.


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