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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Tribe:	Calliostomatini
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. waikanae
Binomial name
*Calliostoma waikanae* (Oliver, 1926)
Synonyms
Calliostoma (Maurea) hauraki Dell, R.K., 1950 Calliostoma (Maurea) haurakiensis Dell, R.K., 1950 Calliostoma (Maurea) morioria Powell, A.W.B., 1946 Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum moriorium Powell, A.W.B., 1946 Calliostoma (Maurea) waikanae Oliver, 1926 Calliostoma pellucidum morioria Powell, A.W.B., 1946 Maurea morioria Powell, 1946 Venustas forsteriana Dell, 1950 Venustas haurakiensis Dell, 1950

Calliostoma waikanae, common name the Waikanae top shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.

Subspecies

Calliostoma waikanae forsteriana Dell, 1950

Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands; Northern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia

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