Calliostoma amamiense

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

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

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Calliostoma amamiense (Sakurai, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

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