Calliostoma cnidophilum
| Calliostoma cnidophilum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. cnidophilum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma cnidophilum Quinn, 1992
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Calliostoma cnidophilum is a predatory species of macrobenthic sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 14 mm.
Distribution
This snail occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean.[1] [2] It often occurs off the Lower Antilles.
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ "New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the western Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus. 106. American Malacologists, inc., etc: 77--114. 1992. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.9717.
- 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
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species