Calliostoma cnidophilum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Calliostoma cnidophilum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. cnidophilum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma cnidophilum Quinn, 1992
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 14 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados)
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma cnidophilum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532512 on 2012-12-07
- Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114.
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species