Calliostoma xanthos
Shell of Calliostoma xanthos (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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. xanthos
Binomial name
Calliostoma xanthos
Marshall, 1995
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) xanthos Marshall, 1995

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands, the Kermadec Islands and New Caledonia at depths between 390 m and 490 m.

References

  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458


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