- Calliostoma pellucidum spirata
Taxobox
name = "Calliostoma pellucidum spirata"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Mollusca
classis =Gastropod a
ordo =Archaeogastropoda
familia =Calliostomatidae
genus = "Calliostoma "
species = "C. pellucidum"
subspecies = "C. pellucidum spirata"
trinomial = "Calliostoma pellucidum spirata"
trinomial_authority = (Oliver, 1926)"Calliostoma pellucidum spirata" is a
subspecies of seasnail , a marinegastropod mollusc . Some authors have placed this genus in the familyCalliostomatidae , the "Calliostoma" top snails, but most malacologists prefer to leave it in the familyTrochidae , the top snails.Distribution
This subspecies is endemic to the northern
North Island ofNew Zealand .hell description
The shell of this subspecies has the concave upper whorls, sculpture and colour pattern of the typical subspecies "
Calliostoma pellucidum pellucidum ", but differs in having a flanged peripheral keel.The shell height is up to 32 mm, and the width is up to 32 mm.
References
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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