Calliostoma santacruzanum

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and off Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma santacruzanum McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574908 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 santacruzanum
WoRMS 574908


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