Calliostoma circumcinctum

Calliostoma circumcinctum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. circumcinctum
Binomial name
Calliostoma circumcinctum
Dall, 1881

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

Contents

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 250 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1472 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Calliostoma circumcinctum Dall, 1881.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419410 on 22 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.