Calliostoma zietzi

Calliostoma zietzi, common name the Zietz top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma zietzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. zietzi
Binomial name
Calliostoma zietzi
Verco, 1905
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Fautor) zietzi Verco, 1905

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Victoria to Western Australia; off Tasmania.

References
  1. Calliostoma zietzi Verco, 1905. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide: Govt. Printer. pp. 1–449.
  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408


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