Calliostoma cnidophilum

Calliostoma cnidophilum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. cnidophilum
Binomial name
Calliostoma cnidophilum
Quinn, 1992

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados)

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma cnidophilum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532512 on 2012-12-07

External links

External identifiers for Calliostoma cnidophilum
Encyclopedia of Life 4798064
WoRMS 532512


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