Calliostoma turnerarum
Calliostoma turnerarum, common name Turner's top shell, is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
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| Tribe: | Calliostomatini |
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| Species: | C. turnerarum |
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Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea)
Description
The height of the shell attains 57 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
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gollark: nominative - subject of sentence, thing performing verbaccusative - object of sentence, thing having action done to it
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References
- WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma turnerarum (Powell, 1964). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467276 on 2010-05-21
- Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127
External links
- "Calliostoma (Maurea) turnerarum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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