Photinastoma taeniatum

Photinastoma taeniatum
Drawing of a shell of Photinastoma taeniatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Photinastoma
Species: P. taeniatum
Binomial name
Photinastoma taeniatum
(Sowerby I, 1825) [1]
Synonyms
  • Margarita taeniatum (Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Photinia hyadesi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Photinula elata Strebel, 1905
  • Photinula gamma Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885
  • Photinula nivea Cooper & Preston, 1910
  • Photinula paradoxa Mabille, 1885
  • Photinula taeniatum (Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Trochus bicolor Lesson, 1830
  • Trochus taeniatum (Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Turbo taeniatus Sowerby I, 1825 (original combination)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 28.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and in the Strait of Magellan at depths from 1 m to 115 m.

References

  1. Sowerby, G. B. 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville. [v] + 92 + xxxiv. G. B. Sowerby: London
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Photinastoma taeniatum (Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533294 on 2012-12-07
External identifiers for Photinastoma taeniatum
Encyclopedia of Life 4798460
WoRMS 533294


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