Calliostoma anseeuwi
Apertural view of a shell of Calliostoma anseeuwi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. anseeuwi
Binomial name
Calliostoma anseeuwi
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006[1]

Calliostoma anseeuwi is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 23 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the Philippines. It lives at depths of between 100 and 200 m. The shell height is up to 23 mm.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Poppe G. T., Tagaro S. P. & Dekker H. (2006). The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands, Conchbooks, Germany, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-80-5.
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