Calliostoma granti

Calliostoma granti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. granti
Binomial name
*Calliostoma granti* (Powell, 1931)
Synonyms^[1]
Calliostoma ampla Powell, 1939^[2] Calliostoma multigemmata Powell, 1952^[2] Calliostoma (Maurea) granti (Powell, 1931) Maurea ampla Powell, 1939 Maurea granti Powell, 1931 (original description) Maurea osbornei Fleming, 1966 Venustas punctulata multigemmata Powell, 1952 Venustas urbanior Powell, 1955 Zizyphinus punctulatus Hutton, 1880

Calliostoma granti, common name the multibeaded maurea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.^[1]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).

Description

The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

1 2 Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
1 2 "Calliostoma (Maurea) granti". New Zealand Mollusca, accessed 21 May 2010.

Marshall, B.A. 1995. A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108: 83-127

External links

Gastropods.com: Calliostoma (Maurea) granti

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