Calliostoma formosense

Calliostoma formosense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:	Calliostomatinae
Genus:	Calliostoma
Species:	C. formosense
Binomial name
	Calliostoma formosense; E. A. Smith, 1907
Synonyms
	Calliostoma formosensis E. A. Smith, 1907; Calliostoma (Maurea) formosense E. A. Smith, 1907;

Calliostoma formosense, common name the Formosa top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.^[2]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Benthastelena).

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 63 mm.

This marine species occurs off Taiwan.

^ Smith E. A. (1907). "Description of a new species of Calliostoma from South Formosa". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 205.
^ ^a ^b Calliostoma formosense E.A. Smith, 1907. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

"Calliostoma (Maurea) formosense". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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