Calliostoma decipiens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Calliostoma decipiens | |
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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. decipiens
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma decipiens (Guppy, 1867)
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Synonyms | |
Trochus decipiens Guppy, 1867 (original description) |
Description
editThe shell attains a height of 18 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma decipiens (Guppy, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532516 on 2012-12-07
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species