Calliostoma stephanephorum

Calliostoma stephanephorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1] The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 55 mm. This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Borneo.

Calliostoma stephanephorum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. stephanephorum
Binomial name
Calliostoma stephanephorum
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Kombologian) toshiharui Kosuge, 1997
  • Calliostoma toshiharui Kosuge, 1997
  • Trochus (Ziziphinus) stephanephorus R. B. Watson, 1886
  • Trochus stephanephorus R. B. Watson, 1886

References

  • Kosuge, S., 1997. Description of a new species of the family Trochidae from south-western Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 3(4):64–65, pl. 21.


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