Calliostoma rota

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

Calliostoma rota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. rota
Binomial name
Calliostoma rota
Quinn, 1992

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 30 m and 46 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma rota Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532537 on 2012-12-07
  • Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma rota". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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