Calliostoma foveauxanum

Calliostoma foveauxanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Tribe: Calliostomatini
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. foveauxanum
Binomial name
Calliostoma foveauxanum
(Dell, 1950)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) foveauxanum (Dell, 1950)
  • Maurea blacki Abbott & Dance, 1982
  • Venustas foveauxana Dell, 1950
  • Venustas spectabilis Finlay, 1926

Calliostoma foveauxanum is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This marine shell occurs off New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma foveauxanum (Dell, 1950). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467189 on 2010-05-21

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