Calliostoma torrei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
| Calliostoma torrei | |
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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 |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. torrei
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma torrei Clench & Aguayo, 1940
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| Synonyms | |
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Calliostoma rugosum Quinn, 1992 | |
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 41 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 704 m and 863 m.
References
edit- ^ Calliostoma torrei Clench & Aguayo, 1940. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1940. Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Habana Expedition off Cuba. III.. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 14: 77–94, pls. 14–16.
- 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
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.