Calliostoma dentatum

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

Calliostoma dentatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. dentatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma dentatum
Quinn, 1992

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas at depths between 12 m and 55 m.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8.4 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 12 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.[2]

References
  1. Calliostoma dentatum Quinn, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • 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
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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