Calliostoma lithocolletum

Calliostoma lithocolletum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Calliostoma lithocolletum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. lithocolletum
Binomial name
Calliostoma lithocolletum
Dautzenberg, 1925 [1]

Description edit

The height of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean at bathyal depths off the Canary Islands; and off Senegal to Ghana

References edit

  1. ^ Dautzenberg P., 1925: Mollusques nouveaux provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco; Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco 457: 1–12
  2. ^ Calliostoma lithocolletum (Dautzenberg, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links edit

  • "Calliostoma lithocolletum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.