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Calliostoma fucosum

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Species of gastropod

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

Ziziphinus leanus auct. non C. B. Adams, 1852

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 13 mm.

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela at depths between 7 m and 20 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma fucosum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532312 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 fucosum


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