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Calliostoma argentum

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Calliostoma argentum
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. argentum
Binomial name
Calliostoma argentum
Quinn, 1992

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

Description

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The height of the shell attains 35 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the West Indies and in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico at depths between 175 m and 348 m.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma argentum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532506 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.
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  • Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma argentum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.