Calliostoma xanthos

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

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

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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