Calliostoma tsuchiyai

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

Calliostoma tsuchiyai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. tsuchiyai
Binomial name
Calliostoma tsuchiyai
(Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tristichotrochus tsuchiyai Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Taxonomic remark: Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Calliostoma tsuchiyai (Kuroda & Habe in Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467275 on 2012-12-07
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.


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