Calliostoma vinosum

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

Calliostoma vinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. vinosum
Binomial name
Calliostoma vinosum
Quinn, 1992
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma barbouri auct. non Clench & Aguayo, 1946
  • Calliostoma bullisi auct. non Clench & Turner, 1960
  • Calliostoma javanicum auct. non Lamarck, 1822

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 22 m and 103 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma vinosum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532546 on 2012-12-07
  • 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.


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