Calliostoma galea

Calliostoma galea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. galea
Binomial name
Calliostoma galea
(Sakurai, 1994)
Synonyms[1]

Tristichotrochus galea Sakurai, 1994 (original combination)

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

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Taiwan.

References

  1. 1 2 Calliostoma galea (Sakurai, 1994).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Sakurai, K., 1994. Eight new species of Trochid Genera, Tristichotrochus, Kombologion and Otukaia (Calliostomatinae) from Japan and adjacent waters . Jap. Jour. Malac.4, 53:287-296.

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