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Calliostoma coronatum

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Species of gastropod

Calliostoma coronatum
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. coronatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma coronatum
Quinn, 1992
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Benthastelena) coronatum Quinn, J.F., 1992

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

Calliostoma coronatum B. A. Marshall, 1995 is an invalid name: junior homonym of Calliostoma coronatum Quinn, 1992; Calliostoma kanakorum is a replacement name)

Description

The height of the cone-shaped shell attains 4.5 mm.

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean, predominantly off Brazil at a depth of 800 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma coronatum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532515 on 2012-12-07
  • Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114.

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Taxon identifiers
Calliostoma coronatum


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