Calliostoma hedleyi

Calliostoma hedleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. hedleyi
Binomial name
Calliostoma hedleyi
Pritchard & Gatliff, 1902

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

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor).

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Australian waters off Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia

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