Calliostoma veleroae

Calliostoma veleroae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Calliostoma veleroae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. veleroae
Binomial name
Calliostoma veleroae
McLean, 1970

Description

The height of the shell attains 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

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References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma veleroae McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574909 on 2012-12-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to PerĂº, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma veleroae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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