Calliostoma carcellesi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliostoma carcellesi

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Trochida
Superfamily:  | Trochoidea
Family:  | Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:  | Calliostomatinae
Genus:  | Calliostoma
Species:  |

C. carcellesi

Binomial name
Calliostoma carcellesi

Clench & Aguayo, 1940

Calliostoma carcellesi (Carcelle's top shell) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 24 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina at a depth of about 50 m.

## References

1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma carcellesi Clench & Aguayo, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532511 on 2012-12-07

* Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1940. Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Habana Expedition off Cuba. III. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 14: 77–94, pls. 14-16

## External links

* To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
* To Encyclopedia of Life
* To ITIS
* To World Register of Marine Species
* "Calliostoma carcellesi" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_2373.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q3733701 entry

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