Calliostoma veleroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Calliostoma veleroae
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. veleroae
Binomial name
Calliostoma veleroae
McLean, 1970

Description edit

The height of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

References edit

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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

  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma veleroae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.