Calliostoma moebiusi

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

Calliostoma moebiusi
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Calliostoma moebiusi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. moebiusi
Binomial name
Calliostoma moebiusi
Strebel, 1905

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan and Chile at a depth of about 35 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma moebiusi Strebel, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532530 on 2012-12-07
  • Strebel, H. 1905. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. II. Die Trochiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Supplement 8: 121-166, pl. 5
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma moebiusi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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