Calliostoma granti

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Calliostoma granti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. granti
Binomial name
Calliostoma granti
(Powell, 1931)
Synonyms [1]
  • Calliostoma amplaPowell, 1939 [2]
  • Calliostoma multigemmataPowell, 1952 [2]
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) granti(Powell, 1931)
  • Maurea amplaPowell, 1939
  • Maurea grantiPowell, 1931 (original description)
  • Maurea osborneiFleming, 1966
  • Venustas punctulata multigemmataPowell, 1952
  • Venustas urbaniorPowell, 1955
  • Zizyphinus punctulatusHutton, 1880

Calliostoma granti, common name the multibeaded maurea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [1]

Contents

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Calliostoma (Maurea) granti". New Zealand Mollusca, accessed 21 May 2010.


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