Calliostoma sublaeve

Calliostoma sublaeve
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. sublaeve
Binomial name
Calliostoma sublaeve
E.A. Smith, 1895
Synonyms

Calliostoma sublaevis Smith, 1895

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off India, Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands at depths between 80 m and 640 m.

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