Calliostoma iridescens
| Calliostoma iridescens | |
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| Shell of Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 from Mozambique, Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. iridescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby III, 1903 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calliostoma (Calliostoma) iridescens Sowerby III, 1903 | |
Calliostoma iridescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off South Africa.
References
- ↑ Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
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