Calliostoma blacki

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Calliostoma blacki
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. blacki
Binomial name
Calliostoma blacki
Powell, 1950
Synonyms [1]
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki(Powell, 1950)
  • Coelotrochus chathamensis profundusDell, R.K., 1956
  • Thoristella chathamensis profundaDell, 1956
  • Venustas blacki Powell, 1950
  • Venustas couperiVella, 1954

Calliostoma blacki, common name Black's maurea, is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails. [1]

Contents

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma blacki (Powell, 1950). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467169 on 2010-05-21

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