Calliostoma xylocinnamomum

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

Calliostoma xylocinnamomum
Shell of Calliostoma xylocinnamomum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. xylocinnamomum
Binomial name
Calliostoma xylocinnamomum
Vilvens, 2005[1]

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Fiji Islands and Wallis and Futuna.

References
  1. Vilvens. 2005. Novapex 6(1–2) : 1–17. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. Calliostoma xylocinnamomum Vilvens, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Vilvens C. 2005. New records and new species of Calliostoma and Bathyfautor (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae) from the Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga. Novapex 6(1–2): 1–17
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life.
  • "Calliostoma xylocinnamomum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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