Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae Scientific name Calliostoma blacki Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Calliostomatidae Tribe Calliostomatini Higher classification Calliostoma | |
Similar Calliostoma, Calliostomatidae, Calliostoma aequisculptum |
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.
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Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Maurea).
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
Calliostoma blacki Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA