Calliostoma pellucidum morioria

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Calliostoma pellucidum morioria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. pellucidum
Subspecies: C. pellucidum morioria
Trinomial name
Calliostoma pellucidum morioria
Powell, 1946

Calliostoma pellucidum morioria is a subspecies of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc. Some authors have placed this genus in the family Calliostomatidae, other malacologists have left it in the family Trochidae.

[edit] Distribution

This subspecies is endemic to the New Zealand's Chatham Islands.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is similar to Calliostoma pellucidum forsteriana, differing only in more solid build, straight spire outlines, and a deeper, more capacious body whorl.

The shell height is up to 39 mm, and the width is up to 41 mm.

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