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Calliostoma alternum

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Species of gastropod

Calliostoma alternum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. alternum
Binomial name
Calliostoma alternum
Quinn, 1992

Calliostoma alternum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Description

The height of the shell attains 16 mm. The umbilicate shell has a conical shape. It is finely sculptured. The aperture is subquadrate wit thin lips. The rather thin columella is weakly sigmoid and ends in a rounded denticle.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Venezuela and Suriname.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma alternum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532281 on 2012-12-07
  • J.F. Quinn, New Species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and Notes on Some Poorly Known Species from the Western Atlantic Ocean; The Nautilus v. 106 (1992-1993)

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Taxon identifiers
Calliostoma alternum


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