Calliostoma springeri

Calliostoma springeri, commonly known as Springer's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma springeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. springeri
Binomial name
Calliostoma springeri
(Clench & Turner, 1960)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma benedicti springeri Clench, W.J. & R.D. Turner, 1960

Description

The height of the shell attains 39 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 219 m and 475 m.

References
  1. Calliostoma springeri (Clench & Turner, 1960). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1–80.
  • 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
  • "Calliostoma benedicti springeri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.