Calliostoma benthicola facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Calliostoma benthicola |
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clade Vetigastropoda
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| Superfamily: |
Trochoidea
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Calliostomatidae
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Calliostomatinae
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Calliostomatini
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C. benthicola
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| Calliostoma benthicola (Dell, 1950)
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Calliostoma benthicola is a species of medium-sized deepwater sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).
Description
The height of the shell attains 26 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
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