Calliostoma heros

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

Calliostoma heros
Shell of Calliostoma heros (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. heros
Binomial name
Calliostoma heros
Marshall, 1995
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) heros Marshall, 1995

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Calliostoma heros Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Marshall, B.A., 1995. Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 381-458


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