Calliostoma hilare

Calliostoma hilare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. hilare
Binomial name
Calliostoma hilare
Quinn, 1992

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 15 mm (0.59 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas at a depth of 240 m (790 ft).

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma hilare Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532522 on 2012-12-07
  • Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114.