Calliostoma aequisculptum

Calliostoma aequisculptum
Apertural view of a shell of Calliostoma aequisculptum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. aequisculptum
Binomial name
Calliostoma aequisculptum
Carpenter, 1865

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

Description

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

Distribution

This marine shell occurs in the pacific Ocean from Mazatlan, Mexico to Peru

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma aequisculptum Carpenter, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512112 on 2012-12-07
External identifiers for Calliostoma aequisculptum
Encyclopedia of Life 17865960
WoRMS 512112


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