Chlorostoma xanthostigma
| Chlorostoma xanthostigma | |
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| Three live but retracted individuals of Chlorostoma xanthostigma. Note the operculum. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Chlorostoma |
| Species: | C. xanthostigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorostoma xanthostigma (A. Adams, 1853) | |
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Chlorostoma xanthostigma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
References
- ↑ http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/~shell/pic_book/data26/r002597.html accessed 23 May 2010.
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