Calliostoma blacki
 | This taxon may be invalid (unaccepted). (Jan 2019) |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. blacki
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| Calliostoma blacki Powell, 1950
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Calliostoma blacki, common name Black's maurea, is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).
Description[]
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References[]
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Calliostoma blacki (Powell, 1950). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467169 on 2010-05-21
External links[]
- "Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Further reading[]
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Categories:
- Calliostoma
- Gastropods of New Zealand
- Gastropods described in 1950
- Calliostomatidae stubs