Calliostoma bullisi
Calliostoma bullisi | |
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A shell of Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960, 27.4 mm height by 27.4 mm diameter, trawled at 70 m off the coast of Sierra Leone, Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. bullisi |
Binomial name | |
Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960 |
Calliostoma bullisi, common name Bullis's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off East Brazil at depths between 28 m and 73 m; in the Caribbean Ocean off Isla Margarita, Venezuela.
References
- 1 2 Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 October 2011.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1-80
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