Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae Scientific name Calliostoma foveauxanum Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Calliostomatidae Tribe Calliostomatini Higher classification Calliostoma | |
Calliostoma foveauxanum 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 40 mm and 65 mm.
Distribution
This marine shell occurs off New Zealand
References
Calliostoma foveauxanum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA