Calliostoma mcleani

Calliostoma mcleani
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. 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 shell is approximately 10mm at its aperture.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the shallow subtidal zone off California to Ecuador and off the Galápagos 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.
  3. ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Calliostoma mcleani". www.bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  • Finet, Y., 1995. Marine Molluscs of the Galapagos: Gastropods. A monograph and revision of the families Trochidae, Skeneidae, Turbinidae and Neritidae. First edition ed. L'Informatore Piceno, Italy.


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