Calliostoma tosaense

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

Calliostoma tosaense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. tosaense
Binomial name
Calliostoma tosaense
(Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Benthastelena) tosaense (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
  • Tristichotrochus tosaensis Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961

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

Description

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan, New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the Kermadec Islands.

References
  1. Calliostoma tosaense (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961). 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
  • "Calliostoma (Benthastelena) tosaensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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