Calliostoma eminens

Calliostoma eminens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. eminens
Binomial name
Calliostoma eminens
Marshall, 1995
Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma (Maurea) eminens B. A. Marshall, 1995

Calliostoma eminens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 43 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Antipodes Island, New Zealand.

References

  • Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127

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