Calliostoma bigelowi

Calliostoma bigelowi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. bigelowi
Binomial name
Calliostoma bigelowi
Clench & Aguayo, 1938

Calliostoma bigelowi, common name Bigelow's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 33.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 375 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 375 m.[2]

References

  1. Calliostoma bigelowi Clench & Aguayo, 1938.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 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.

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