Calliostoma diadematum

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

Calliostoma diadematum
Shell of Calliostoma diadematum (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. diadematum
Binomial name
Calliostoma diadematum
Marshall, 1995

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Benthastelena) .

Description

The shell attains a height of 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Coral Sea and the Chesterfield Islands.

References
  1. Calliostoma diadematum Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise . pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 167 : 381-458


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