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Calliostoma torrei

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Calliostoma torrei
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. torrei
Binomial name
Calliostoma torrei
Clench & Aguayo, 1940
Synonyms

Calliostoma rugosum Quinn, 1992

Calliostoma torrei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 41 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 704 m and 863 m.

References

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  • Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1940. Notes and descriptions of new deep-water Mollusca obtained by the Harvard-Habana Expedition off Cuba. III.. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey" 14: 77–94, pls. 14–16.
  • Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77–114
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.