Calliostoma nudum

Calliostoma nudum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Calliostoma nudum
Shell of Calliostoma nudum (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. nudum
Binomial name
Calliostoma nudum
(Philippi, 1845) [1]
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma dozei Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  • Calliostoma falklandicum Strebel, 1908
  • Calliostoma flavidocarneum Strebel, 1905
  • Calliostoma hahni Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
  • Calliostoma kophameli Strebel, 1905
  • Calliostoma optimum Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
  • Calliostoma roseocinctum Strebel, 1905
  • Calliostoma senius Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  • Calliostoma venustulum Strebel, 1908
  • Trochus nudus Philippi, 1845 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan, and Chile.

References
  1. Philippi, [R.] A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11: 50-71
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma nudum (Philippi, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532534 on 2012-12-07
  • Rochebrune, A.-T. and J. Mabille. 1889. Mollusques. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883 6: H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8
  • Strebel, H. 1905. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. II. Die Trochiden. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Supplement 8: 121-166, pl. 5
  • Strebel, H. 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 6(1): 111 pp., 6 pls.


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