Calliostoma aequisculptum

Calliostoma aequisculptum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Calliostoma aequisculptum
Apertural view of a shell of Calliostoma aequisculptum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. aequisculptum
Binomial name
Calliostoma aequisculptum
Carpenter, 1865

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine shell occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Peru.[2]

References
  1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Calliostoma aequisculptum P. P. Carpenter, 1865". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. "Calliostoma aequisculptum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.


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