Calliostoma iridium, common name the Panama rainbow top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]
| Calliostoma iridium | |
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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. iridium
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma iridium Dall, 1896
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Description edit
The height of the shell attains 19 mm.
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Panama and off Pacific Colombia at depths between 230 m and 280 m.
References edit
- ^ WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma iridium Dall, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574900 on 2012-12-07
- ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
- W.H. Dall (1896) Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the West Coast of America; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum XVIII, 1895, p. 7-20
External links edit
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
- To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Calliostoma iridium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.