Calliostoma virescens

Calliostoma virescens
Apertural view of a shell of Calliostoma virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. virescens
Binomial name
Calliostoma virescens
Coen, 1933

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

Description

The height of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Adriatic Sea.

References

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