Calliostoma obesulum

Calliostoma obesulum
Original drawing with three views of a shell of Calliostoma obesulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. obesulum
Binomial name
Calliostoma obesulum
(Locard, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Gibbula obesula Locard, 1898 (original description)
  • Zizyphinus obesulus Fischer, 1883

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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