Calliostoma melliferum is a species of sea snail, a marine mollusk of the gastropod class in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
| Calliostoma melliferum | |
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| A subadult shell of C. melliferum with its respective operculum | |
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. melliferum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma melliferum Cavallari & Simone, 2018
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Description
editThe shell of Calliostoma melliferum is relatively small for a species in the genus Calliostoma, with maximum height ranging from 8 mm to 10 mm.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is only known from Canopus Bank, a seamount off the northeastern coast of Brazil, at depths between 60 m and 260 m.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. (7 August 2018). "A new species of Calliostoma (Vetigastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from Canopus Bank, off northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4457 (1): 156–166. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.8. PMID 30314185. S2CID 52976867.