Calliostoma simulans

Calliostoma simulans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family One of its family's common names is the New Zealand Mollusks. Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma simulans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. simulans
Binomial name
Calliostoma simulans
Marshall, 1994
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Maurea) simulans Marshall, 1994

Description

It is a light greyish colour with white dots on its body. It looks like a regular snail in the sense that its shell is a spiral shape. It is 57mm tall and 53mm wide.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, off the coast of New Plymouth, Cape Palliser south to the Banks Peninsula. It is also found on Chatham Rise and off Bounty and Campbell Island.

Habitat

It makes its home in the mud and lives in its shell for all of its life.

References
  1. Calliostoma simulans Marshall, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83–127
  • "Calliostoma (Maurea) simulans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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