Calliostoma osbornei
Calliostoma osbornei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Tribe: | Calliostomatini |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. osbornei |
Binomial name | |
Calliostoma osbornei Powell, 1926 | |
Synonyms | |
Calliostoma (Maurea) osbornei Powell, 1926 |
Calliostoma osbornei, common name Osborn's top shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma osbornei Powell, 1926. 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=467234 on 2010-05-21
- Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127
External links
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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