Calliostoma kochi

Calliostoma kochi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. kochi
Binomial name
Calliostoma kochi
Pallary 1902 [1]
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma dubium var. kochi Pallary 1902 (oroginal description)
  • Calliostoma kochi var. decorata Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. planicosta Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. trifuniculata Pallary 1920
  • Calliostoma kochi var. laevigata Pallary 1920

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Morocco and Tangiers

References

  1. Pallary P., 1902: Liste des mollusques testacés de la baie de Tanger, Journal de Conchyliologie 50: 1-39, pl. 1
  2. Calliostoma kochi Pallary, 1902.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

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