Calliostoma fernandezi

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

Calliostoma fernandezi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. fernandezi
Binomial name
Calliostoma fernandezi
Princz, 1978

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 29 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea from Colombia to French Guiana.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma fernandezi Princz, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532518 on 2012-12-07
  • Princz, D. 1978. Una nueva especie del genero Calliostoma (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en el Mar Caribe. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 38: 151-155.
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma fernandezi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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