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Calliostoma jeanneae

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Calliostoma jeanneae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. jeanneae
Binomial name
Calliostoma jeanneae
Clench & Turner, 1960

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

Description

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The height of the shell attains 13 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba at a depth of about 250 m.

References

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  • Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1-80.
  • 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.