Calliostoma waikanae

Calliostoma waikanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Tribe: Calliostomatini
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. waikanae
Binomial name
Calliostoma waikanae
(Oliver, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) hauraki Dell, R.K., 1950
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) haurakiensis Dell, R.K., 1950
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) morioria Powell, A.W.B., 1946
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum moriorium Powell, A.W.B., 1946
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) waikanae Oliver, 1926
  • Calliostoma pellucidum morioria Powell, A.W.B., 1946
  • Maurea morioria Powell, 1946
  • Venustas forsteriana Dell, 1950
  • Venustas haurakiensis Dell, 1950

Calliostoma waikanae, common name the Waikanae top shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]

Subspecies

Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands; Northern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia

References

  1. WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma waikanae Oliver, 1926. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467282 on 2010-05-21

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