Calliostoma purpureum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
| Calliostoma purpureum | |
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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. purpureum
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 11 and 27 mm (0.43 and 1.06 in).
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, off Trinidad and off the Bahamas.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532535 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
- Gastropods.com
- Conchology