Calliostoma schroederi
Calliostoma schroederi, common name Schroeder's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Species: | C. schroederi |
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| Calliostoma schroederi Clench & Aguayo, 1938 | |
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Calliostoma (Calliostoma) schroederi Clench & Aguayo, 1938 | |
Description
The height of the shell attains 31.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 265 m and 439 m.
References
- Calliostoma schroederi Clench & Aguayo, 1938. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1938. Notes and descriptions of new species of Calliostoma, Gaza and Columbarium (Mollusca); obtained by the Harvard-Habana Expedition off the coast of Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 12: 375–384, pl. 28.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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