Calliostoma semisuave

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea from Venezuela to French Guiana at depths between 69 m and 155 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma semisuave Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532540 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.


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