Calliostoma granti

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Calliostoma granti
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C. granti
Binomial name
Calliostoma granti
(Powell, 1931)
Synonyms[2]
  • Calliostoma ampla Powell, 1939[1]
  • Calliostoma multigemmata Powell, 1952[1]
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) granti (Powell, 1931)
  • Maurea ampla Powell, 1939
  • Maurea granti Powell, 1931 (original description)
  • Maurea osbornei Fleming, 1966
  • Venustas punctulata multigemmata Powell, 1952
  • Venustas urbanior Powell, 1955
  • Zizyphinus punctulatus Hutton, 1880

Calliostoma granti, common name the multibeaded maurea, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

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

Description[]

The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Calliostoma (Maurea) granti". New Zealand Mollusca, accessed 21 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995. A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108: 83–127

External links[]

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


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