Calliostoma iridescens

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

Calliostoma iridescens
Shell of Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 from Mozambique, Africa
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. iridescens
Binomial name
Calliostoma iridescens
Sowerby III, 1903
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Calliostoma) iridescens Sowerby III, 1903

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off South Africa.

References

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  • Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218