Calliostoma argentum

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

Calliostoma argentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. argentum
Binomial name
Calliostoma argentum
Quinn, 1992

Description

The height of the shell attains 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies and in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico at depths between 175 m and 348 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma argentum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532506 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.
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma argentum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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