Calliostoma scalenum
Calliostoma scalenum, common name the Gulfstream top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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| Species: | C. scalenum |
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| Calliostoma scalenum Quinn, 1992 | |
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Calliostoma jujubinum auct. non Gmelin, 1791 | |
Description
The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 41 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA, at depths between 25 m and 80 m.
References
- Calliostoma scalenum Quinn, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77–114
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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