Calliostoma vaubani

Calliostoma vaubani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. vaubani
Binomial name
Calliostoma vaubani
Marshall, 1995
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma vaubanii Finet, Y., 1999 (preoccupied name)
  • Calliostoma (Fautor) vaubani Marshall, 1995

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

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at a depth of about 350 m.

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