Calliostoma nobile

Calliostoma nobile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. nobile
Binomial name
Calliostoma nobile
(Hirase, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Astele nobilis Hirase, 1922
  • Omphalotukaia nobilis (Hirase, 1922)

Calliostoma nobile, common name the noble top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References


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