Calliostoma iridescens
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| Shell of Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903 from Mozambique, Africa | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Species: | C. iridescens
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| Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby III, 1903
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Calliostoma (Calliostoma) iridescens Sowerby III, 1903 | |
Calliostoma iridescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description[]
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off South Africa.
References[]
- ^ Calliostoma iridescens Sowerby, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
External links[]
Categories:
- Calliostoma
- Gastropods described in 1903
- Calliostomatidae stubs