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Calliostoma arx

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Species of gastropod

Calliostoma arx
Shell of Calliostoma arx (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. arx
Binomial name
Calliostoma arx
Vilvens, 2005

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

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Benthastelena)

Description

The height of the shell attains 18 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2013)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tonga

References

  1. Vilvens. 2005. Novapex 6(1-2) : 1-17. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. Calliostoma arx Vilvens, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Vilvens C. 2005. New records and new species of Calliostoma and Bathyfautor (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from the Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga. Novapex 6(1-2): 1-17
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
Taxon identifiers
Calliostoma arx


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