Calliostoma benthicola

Calliostoma benthicola is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]

Calliostoma benthicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Tribe:
Calliostomatini
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. benthicola
Binomial name
Calliostoma benthicola
(Dell, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) benthicola (Dell, 1950)
  • Venustas benthicola Dell, 1950

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).

Description

The height of the shell attains 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References
  1. WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma benthicola (Dell, 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=467168 on 2010-05-21
  • "Calliostoma (Maurea) benthicola". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

Further reading
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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