Calliostoma rosewateri

Calliostoma rosewateri
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. rosewateri
Binomial name
Calliostoma rosewateri
Clench & Turner, 1960
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Kombologion) rosewateri Clench & Turner, 1960
  • Calliostoma (Kombologian) bairdii rosewateri Clench & Turner, 1960

Calliostoma rosewateri, common name Rosewater's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

The shell is spiral shaped and has a radiant metallic gold sheen with fine beads. The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Lesser Antilles and in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia at depths between 270 m and 420 m.

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma rosewateri Clench & Turner, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532536 on 2012-12-07
  2. ^ "Calliostoma rosewateri". The Chong Chen Archives. 1960. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  • Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1-80


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