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Calliostoma santacruzanum

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Species of gastropod

Calliostoma santacruzanum
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. santacruzanum
Binomial name
Calliostoma santacruzanum
McLean, 1970

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 7 mm.

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands and off Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma santacruzanum McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574908 on 2012-12-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perรบ, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  • Finet, Y., 1995. Marine Molluscs of the Galapagos: Gastropods. A monograph and revision of the families Trochidae, Skeneidae, Turbinidae and Neritidae. First edition ed. L'Informatore Piceno, Italy

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Taxon identifiers
Calliostoma santacruzanum


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