Calliostoma mcleani

Calliostoma mcleani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. mcleani
Binomial name
Calliostoma mcleani
Shasky & Campbell, 1964

Calliostoma mcleani, common name McLean's calliostoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the shallow subtidal zone off California to Ecuador and off the Galapagos Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma mcleani Shasky & Campbell, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574903 on 2012-12-07
  2. ↑ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.


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