Calliostoma mcleani

Calliostoma mcleani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. mcleani
Binomial name
Calliostoma mcleani
Shasky & Campbell, 1964

Calliostoma mcleani, common name McLean's calliostoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the shallow subtidal zone off California to Ecuador and off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma mcleani Shasky & Campbell, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574903 on 2012-12-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.


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