Calliostoma sakashitai
Calliostoma sakashitai | |
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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. sakashitai |
Binomial name | |
Calliostoma sakashitai (Sakurai, 1994) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliostoma sakashitai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus).
Description
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.
References
- 1 2 Calliostoma sakashitai (Sakurai, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
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