Calliostoma bullisi

Calliostoma bullisi, common name Bullis's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma bullisi
A shell of Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960, 27.4 mm height by 27.4 mm diameter, trawled at 70 m off the coast of Sierra Leone, Africa
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C. bullisi
Binomial name
Calliostoma bullisi
Clench & Turner, 1960
Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960

Description

The shell grows to a height of 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off East Brazil at depths between 28 m and 73 m; in the Caribbean Ocean off Isla Margarita, Venezuela.

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References

  • Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1-80
  • "Calliostoma bullisi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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