Calliostoma militare

Calliostoma militare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. militare
Binomial name
Calliostoma militare
Ihering, 1907 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calliostoma amazonicum Finlay, 1930
  • Calliostoma bellicosum Ihering, 1907
  • Calliostoma dalli Ihering, 1907
  • Calliostoma iheringi Dall, 1927
  • Calliostoma quequense Carcelles, 1944
  • Neocalliostoma militare (Ihering, 1907)

Calliostoma militare, common name Von Ihering's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Argentina.

References

  1. Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7: xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.
  2. Malacolog Calliostoma militare
  3. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma militare Ihering, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532528 on 2012-12-07

External links

External identifiers for Calliostoma militare
Encyclopedia of Life 621225
ITIS 69842
WoRMS 532528


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