Calliostoma aikeni

Calliostoma aikeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. aikeni
Binomial name
	Calliostoma aikeni; Lussi, 2014

Last updated February 27, 2026

Calliostoma aikeni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal.^[1]

References

1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Calliostoma aikeni Lussi, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827842 on 2018-12-28
↑ Lussi M. (2014). Description of a new species of Calliostoma from eastern South Africa with notes on the genus - (Gastropoda: Verigastropoda: Trochoidea). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 85: 14-19.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Calliostoma aikeni Lussi, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827842 on 2018-12-28

[2] Lussi M. (2014). Description of a new species of Calliostoma from eastern South Africa with notes on the genus - (Gastropoda: Verigastropoda: Trochoidea). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 85: 14-19.

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