Calliostoma carcellesi

Calliostoma carcellesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. carcellesi
Binomial name
Calliostoma carcellesi
Clench & Aguayo, 1940

Calliostoma carcellesi (Carcelle's top shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina at a depth of about 50 m.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma carcellesi Clench & Aguayo, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532511 on 2012-12-07
External identifiers for Calliostoma carcellesi
Encyclopedia of Life 620369
ITIS 69837
WoRMS 532511


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