Calliostoma multigemmata
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| Calliostoma multigemmata Powell, 1952 |
Calliostoma multigemmata is a medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc. Some authors have considered this genus belongs in the family Calliostomatidae, other malacologists have left it in the family Trochidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found off the eastern Otago coast of the South Island.
[edit] Habitat
This top shell is found at depths of between 90 and 130 m.
[edit] Shell description
The shell is large, thin and tall-spired, with convex whorls, sculptured with very numerous fine gemmulate spiral cords.
The external shell coloration is buff, faintly speckled with light brown between the gemmules.
The shell height is up to 54 mm, and the width is up to 50 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
