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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | C. simulans
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Calliostoma simulans Marshall, 1994
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Calliostoma (Maurea) simulans Marshall, 1994 |
Calliostoma simulans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family One of its family's common names is the New Zealand Mollusks. Calliostomatidae.[1]
It is a light greyish colur with white dots on its body. It looks like a regular snail in the sense that its shell is a spiral shape. It is 57mm tall and 53mm wide.
This marine species occurs off New Zealand, off the coast of New Plymouth, Cape Palliser south to the Banks Peninsula. It is also found on Chatham Rise and off Bounty and Campbell Island.
It makes its home in the mud and lives in its shell for all of its life.
Wikidata ☰ Q5022505 entry