Calliostoma emmanueli

Calliostoma emmanueli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. emmanueli
Binomial name
Calliostoma emmanueli
Vilvens, 2000[1]

Calliostoma emmanueli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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