Calliostoma pertinax

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

Calliostoma pertinax
Shell of Calliostoma pertinax (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. pertinax
Binomial name
Calliostoma pertinax
Marshall, 1995
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Benthastelena) pertinax Marshall, 1995

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Benthastelena).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Calliostoma pertinax 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. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381-458


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