Callogaza sericata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]
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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: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Callogaza |
| Species: | C. sericata
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| Binomial name | |
| Callogaza sericata (Kira, 1959)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine occurs in the Northwest Pacific off the Philippines to Japan at depths between 50 m and 300 m.
References
edit- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Callogaza sericata (Kira, 1959). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594178 on 2012-12-03
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
- Luiz Ricardo L. Simone & Carlo M. Cunha, Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species; Zootaxa1318: 1–40 (2006)
External links
edit- World Register of Marine Species
- "Callogaza sericata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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