Calliostoma iridescens

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Calliostoma iridescens
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Shell of Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 from Mozambique, Africa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. iridescens
Binomial name
Calliostoma iridescens
Sowerby III, 1903
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Calliostoma) iridescensSowerby III, 1903

Contents

Calliostoma iridescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off South Africa.

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