Calliostoma keenae

Calliostoma keenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Calliostoma keenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. keenae
Binomial name
Calliostoma keenae
McLean, 1970

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California, USA.[3]

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma keenae McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574902 on 2012-12-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to PerĂº, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  3. "Notes on the Deep Water Calliostomas of the Panamic Province with Descriptions of Six New Species" Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2015-10-18.


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