Calliostoma aequisculptum

Calliostoma aequisculptum
Apertural view of a shell of Calliostoma aequisculptum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. aequisculptum
Binomial name
Calliostoma aequisculptum
Carpenter, 1865

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine shell occurs in the pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Peru

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma aequisculptum Carpenter, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512112 on 2012-12-07

External links

External identifiers for Calliostoma aequisculptum
Encyclopedia of Life 17865960
WoRMS 512112


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