Calliostoma oregon
Calliostoma oregon | |
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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.
References
- ↑ Calliostoma oregon Clench & Turner, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1-80
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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