Calliostoma metabolicum

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

Calliostoma metabolicum
Shell of Calliostoma metabolicum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. metabolicum
Binomial name
Calliostoma metabolicum
Vilvens, 2005[1]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor)

Description

The height of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu.

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References
  1. Vilvens. 2005. Novapex 6(1–2) : 1–17. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Calliostoma metabolicum Vilvens, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Vilvens C. 2005. New records and new species of Calliostoma and Bathyfautor (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from the Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga. Novapex 6(1–2): 1–17
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life
  • "Calliostoma metabolicum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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