Calliostoma waikanae

Taxobox
name = "Calliostoma waikanae"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
familia = Calliostomatidae
genus = "Calliostoma"
species = "C. waikanae"
binomial = "Calliostoma waikanae"
binomial_authority = (Oliver, 1926)

"Calliostoma waikanae" is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc.

Some authors consider that the genus "Calliostoma" belongs in the family Calliostomatidae, other malacologists prefer to place it in the family Trochidae, the top shells.

Range of Distribution

This species is endemic to the Cook Strait area of New Zealand.

hell description

The shell of this is similar to "Calliostoma selectum" but with the brown speckled spirals continued over the base, and in addition there are brownish blotches on the upper surface.

The shell height is up to 37 mm, and width is up to 42 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1