Calliostoma moscatellii

Calliostoma moscatellii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma moscatellii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. moscatellii
Binomial name
Calliostoma moscatellii
Quinn, 1992
Synonyms

Calliostoma carcellesi auct. non Clench & Aguayo, 1940

Description edit

The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil at depths between 50 m and 200 m.

References edit

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma moscatellii Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532531 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

  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma moscatellii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.