Calliostoma sanjaimense

Calliostoma sanjaimense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. sanjaimense
Binomial name
Calliostoma sanjaimense
McLean, 1970

Calliostoma sanjaimense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cocos Island, Costa Rica

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma sanjaimense McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574906 on 2012-12-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links

External identifiers for Calliostoma sanjaimense
ITIS 69866
WoRMS 574906


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