Calliostoma cubense

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

Calliostoma cubense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. cubense
Binomial name
Calliostoma cubense
Quinn, 1992

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 16.6 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 11 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 11 m.[2]

References
  1. Calliostoma cubense Quinn, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • 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
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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