Calliostoma maurolici

Calliostoma maurolici is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]

Calliostoma maurolici
Illustration of Calliostoma maurolici
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. maurolici
Binomial name
Calliostoma maurolici
(G. Seguenza, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma obesulum (Locard, 1898)
  • Gibbula maurolici (G. Seguenza, 1876)
  • Gibbula obesula Locard, 1898
  • Trochus (Zizyphinus) maurolici G. Seguenza, 1876

Description

The height of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco and on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Calliostoma maurolici (G. Seguenza, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853832 on 2018-12-28
  2. Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Locard A. (1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.vol. 2 [1898], pp. 1–515, pl. 1–18
  • "Calliostoma obesulum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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