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    Calliostoma xylocinnamomum

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    Calliostoma xylocinnamomum
    Shell of Calliostoma xylocinnamomum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
    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. xylocinnamomum
    Binomial name
    Calliostoma xylocinnamomum
    Vilvens, 2005[1]

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

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

    Description

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    The height of the shell attains 11 mm.

    Distribution

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

    References

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    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.
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