Calliostoma iridescens

Calliostoma iridescens
	Shell of Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 from Mozambique, Africa
Scientific classification
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

Last updated September 19, 2025

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off South Africa.

References

↑ Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218

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[WoRMS-1] Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

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Calliostoma iridescens

Shell of Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 from Mozambique, Africa
Scientific classification
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