Calliostoma militare

Calliostoma militare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
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. Specimens are typically yellowish or brownish, accented by areas of white or red. Among other Calliostomatidae species, militare is notable for having a pseudoproboscis, as well as an intestinal loop located outside the haemocoel.[4]

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
  4. ^ Dornellas, Ana Paula (2012-01-10). "Description of a new species of Calliostoma (Gastropoda, Calliostomatidae) from Southeastern Brazil". ZooKeys (224): 89–106. Bibcode:2012ZooK..224...89D. doi:10.3897/zookeys.224.3684. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3487647. PMID 23129991.
  • Dall, W. H. 1927. Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2668): 1-11.


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