Calliostoma militare

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Calliostoma militare
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. militare
Binomial name
Calliostoma militare
Ihering, 1907 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Calliostoma amazonicumFinlay, 1930
  • Calliostoma bellicosumIhering, 1907
  • Calliostoma dalliIhering, 1907
  • Calliostoma iheringiDall, 1927
  • Calliostoma quequenseCarcelles, 1944
  • Neocalliostoma militare(Ihering, 1907)

Calliostoma militare, common name Von Ihering's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [3]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 47 mm. Specimens are typically yellowish or brownish, accented by areas of white or red. Among other Calliostomatidae species, militare is notable for having a pseudoproboscis, as well as an intestinal loop located outside the haemocoel. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Argentina.

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References

  1. ↑ Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7: xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.
  2. ↑ Malacolog Calliostoma militare
  3. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma militare Ihering, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532528 on 2012-12-07
  4. ↑ Dornellas, Ana Paula (2012-01-10). "Description of a new species of Calliostoma (Gastropoda, Calliostomatidae) from Southeastern Brazil". ZooKeys (224): 89–106. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.224.3684 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   3487647 . PMID   23129991.


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