Calliostoma osbornei

Calliostoma osbornei
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

  1. 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

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