Calliostoma xanthos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Calliostoma xanthos
Shell of Calliostoma xanthos (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ Calliostoma xanthos Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • 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