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Calliostoma paucicostatum

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Calliostoma paucicostatum
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. paucicostatum
Binomial name
Calliostoma paucicostatum
Kosuge, 1984
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Benthastelena) paucicostatum Kosuge, 1984

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

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Benthastelena)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise . pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 167 : 381-458
  • "Calliostoma (Benthastelena) paucicostatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.