Calliostoma toshiharui

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

Calliostoma toshiharui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. toshiharui
Binomial name
Calliostoma toshiharui
Kosuge, 1997
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Kombologian) toshiharui Kosuge, 1997

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Borneo.

References
  1. Calliostoma toshiharui Kosuge, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Kosuge, S., 1997. Description of a new species of the family Trochidae from south-western Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 3(4):64–65, pl. 21.
  • "Calliostoma (Kombologian) toshiharui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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