Calliostoma serratulum

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea from Colombia to Venezuela at depths between 135 m and 165 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma serratulum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532541 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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