Calliostoma sakashitai
| Calliostoma sakashitai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. sakashitai |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma sakashitai (Sakurai, 1994) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliostoma sakashitai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus).
Description
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.
References
- 1 2 Calliostoma sakashitai (Sakurai, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- 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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