Calliostoma monikae

Calliostoma monikae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Calliostoma monikae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. monikae
Binomial name
Calliostoma monikae
Stratmann & Schwabe, 2007[1]

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

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Samoan Islands.

References
  1. Stratmann & Schwabe (2007). Schriften zür Malakozoologie 23 : 25–29. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. Calliostoma monikae Stratmann & Schwabe, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Stratmann D. & Schwabe E. (2007). Description of a new Calliostoma species from Samoan Islands (Mollusca, Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie, 23: 25–29


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