Calliostoma granti
| Calliostoma granti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. granti |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliostoma granti, common name the multibeaded maurea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).
Description
The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 45 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
- 1 2 Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- 1 2 "Calliostoma (Maurea) granti". New Zealand Mollusca, accessed 21 May 2010.
- Marshall, B.A. 1995. A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108: 83-127
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