Calliostoma veleroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]
Calliostoma veleroae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. veleroae
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma veleroae McLean, 1970
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma veleroae McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574909 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.
External links
edit- World Register of Marine Species
- "Calliostoma veleroae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.