Calliostoma mesemorinon

Calliostoma mesemorinon 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 mesemorinon
Shell of Calliostoma mesemorinon (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. mesemorinon
Binomial name
Calliostoma mesemorinon
Vilvens, 2014

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Calliostoma mesemorinon Vilvens, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766171 on 2018-12-28
  2. Vilvens C. (2014) New species and new records of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from eastern and central Indo-Pacific. Novapex 15(2): 37-48. [10 June 2014]


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