Calliostoma moebiusi

Calliostoma moebiusi
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Calliostoma moebiusi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. moebiusi
Binomial name
Calliostoma moebiusi
Strebel, 1905

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan and Chile at a depth of about 35 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma moebiusi Strebel, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532530 on 2012-12-07

External links

External identifiers for Calliostoma moebiusi
Encyclopedia of Life 19660760
WoRMS 532530


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