Biology:Calliostoma cnidophilum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma cnidophilum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. cnidophilum
Binomial name
Calliostoma cnidophilum
Quinn, 1992

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados)

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma cnidophilum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532512 on 2012-12-07
  • Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5022289 entry