Calliostoma gubbiolii

Calliostoma gubbiolii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. gubbiolii
Binomial name
Calliostoma gubbiolii
Nofroni, 1984 [1]
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) gubbiolii Nofroni, 1984

Calliostoma gubbiolii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Western European waters; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and from Senegal to Angola.

References

  1. Nofroni I., 1984: Un nuovo Trochidae del Mediterraneo: Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) gubbiolii n. sp ; La Conchiglia 16 (178-179): 3-5
  2. Calliostoma gubbiolii Nofroni, 1984.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

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