Calliostoma melliferum

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Calliostoma melliferum
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A subadult shell of C. melliferum with its respective operculum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. melliferum
Binomial name
Calliostoma melliferum
Cavallari & Simone, 2018

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

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Description

The shell of Calliostoma melliferum is relatively small for a species in the genus Calliostoma, with maximum height ranging from 8 mm to 10 mm. [1]

Distribution

This species is only known from Canopus Bank, a seamount off the northeastern coast of Brazil, at depths between 60 m and 260 m. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cavallari, D.C.; Simone, L.R.L. (7 August 2018). "A new species of Calliostoma (Vetigastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from Canopus Bank, off northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4457 (1): 156–166. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.8. PMID   30314185. S2CID   52976867.


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