Calliostoma irisans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
| Calliostoma irisans | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma irisans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. irisans
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma irisans Strebel, 1905
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 11 mm. The whitish shell is strongly iridescent, with mainly a purple hue. The 5¾ whorls are barely concave, with the exception of the body whorl. Only the first and the second whorl are granulated.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Argentina, the Falkland Islands and the Strait of Magellan
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma irisans Strebel, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532525 on 2012-12-07
- ^ Strebel (1905) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz; Jena,Gustav Fischer,1904-1907