Calliostoma kiiense

Calliostoma kiiense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. kiiense
Binomial name
Calliostoma kiiense
Ikebe, 1942

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

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 14 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Taiwan.

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