Calliostoma layardi

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

Calliostoma layardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. layardi
Binomial name
Calliostoma layardi
Sowerby III, 1897

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Southern Transkei to Southern KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.

References
  1. Calliostoma layardi Sowerby III, 1897. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 39
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
  • "Calliostoma layardi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV; Annals of the South African Museum. v 47 1963-1974


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