Calliostoma cristatum

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

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

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Calliostoma cristatum Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381-458

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