Calliostoma scurra

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

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Suriname at depths between 18 m and 77 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma scurra Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532539 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
  • "Calliostoma scurra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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