Calliostoma purpureum
Calliostoma purpureum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Calliostoma purpureum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. purpureum |
Binomial name | |
Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992 | |
Description
The size of the shell varies between 11 and 27 mm (0.43 and 1.06 in).
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532535 on 2012-12-07
- Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114
External links
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Calliostoma purpureum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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