Calliostoma simulans

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Vetigastropoda

Superfamily:  |

Trochoidea

Family:  |

Calliostomatidae

Subfamily:  |

Calliostomatinae

Genus:  |

Calliostoma

Species:  |

C. simulans

Binomial name
Calliostoma simulans

Marshall, 1994

Synonyms

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]

## Contents

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

## Description

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.

## Distribution

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.

## Habitat

It makes its home in the mud and lives in its shell for all of its life.

## References

1. ↑ Calliostoma simulans Marshall, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.

* Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83–127

## External links

* "Calliostoma (Maurea) simulans" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_9490.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q5022505 entry

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