Calliostoma kochi

Calliostoma kochi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Calliostoma kochi
Shell of Calliostoma kochi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. kochi
Binomial name
Calliostoma kochi
Pallary 1902 [1]
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma dubium var. kochi Pallary 1902 (original description)
  • Calliostoma kochi var. decorata Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. planicosta Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. trifuniculata Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. laevigata Pallary 1920

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Morocco and Tangier

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References

  1. Pallary P., 1902: Liste des mollusques testacés de la baie de Tanger, Journal de Conchyliologie 50: 1–39, pl. 1
  2. Calliostoma kochi Pallary, 1902. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 (


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