Calliostoma militare

Calliostoma militare
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. militare
Binomial name
Calliostoma militare
Ihering, 1907 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calliostoma amazonicum Finlay, 1930
  • Calliostoma bellicosum Ihering, 1907
  • Calliostoma dalli Ihering, 1907
  • Calliostoma iheringi Dall, 1927
  • Calliostoma quequense Carcelles, 1944
  • Neocalliostoma militare (Ihering, 1907)

Calliostoma militare, common name Von Ihering's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Argentina.

References

  1. ↑ Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7: xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.
  2. ↑ Malacolog Calliostoma militare
  3. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma militare Ihering, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532528 on 2012-12-07


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