Calliostoma oregon

Calliostoma oregon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. oregon
Binomial name
Calliostoma oregon
Clench & Turner, 1960
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Kombologion) oregon Clench & Turner, 1960

Calliostoma oregon, common name the Oregon Atlantic top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 206 m and 350 m.

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