Calliostoma santacruzanum

Calliostoma santacruzanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Calliostoma santacruzanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. santacruzanum
Binomial name
Calliostoma santacruzanum
McLean, 1970

Description

The height of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and off Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma santacruzanum McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574908 on 2012-12-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to PerĂº, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  • Finet, Y., 1995. Marine Molluscs of the Galapagos: Gastropods. A monograph and revision of the families Trochidae, Skeneidae, Turbinidae and Neritidae. First edition ed. L'Informatore Piceno, Italy
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma santacruzanum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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