Calliostoma hassler, common name Hassler's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
| Calliostoma hassler | |
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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. hassler
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma hassler Clench & Aguayo, 1939
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| Synonyms | |
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Calliostoma (Astele) hassler Clench & Aguayo, 1939 | |
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 32 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern Brazil at depths between 40 m and 64 m.
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma hassler Clench & Aguayo, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532521 on 2012-12-07
- Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1939. Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Havana Expedition off the coast of Cuba. II. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 13: 189–197, pls. 28-29
External links
edit- Encyclopedia of Life
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Calliostoma hassler". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.