Calliostoma irisans
Appearance
Calliostoma irisans | |
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Original drawing of a shell of Calliostoma irisans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. irisans
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma irisans Strebel, 1905
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Calliostoma irisans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 11 mm. The whitish shell is strongly iridescent, with mainly a purple hue. The 5¾ whorls are barely concave, with the exception of the body whorl. Only the first and the second whorl are granulated.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Argentina, the Falkland Islands and the Strait of Magellan
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma irisans Strebel, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532525 on 2012-12-07
- ^ Strebel (1905) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz; Jena,Gustav Fischer,1904-1907