Calliostoma tenebrosum

Calliostoma tenebrosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. tenebrosum
Binomial name
Calliostoma tenebrosum
Quinn, 1992

Calliostoma tenebrosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma tenebrosum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532543 on 2012-12-07


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