Calliostoma polysarkon is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.[1][2]
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| Shell of Calliostoma polysarkon (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. polysarkon
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma polysarkon Vilvens, 2014
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Vanuatu.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Calliostoma polysarkon Vilvens, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766172 on 2018-12-28
- ^ Vilvens C. (2014) New species and new records of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from eastern and central Indo-Pacific. Novapex 15(2): 37-48. [10 June 2014]