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Calliostoma iris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Calliostomatidae

Scientific name
  
Calliostoma iris

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Subfamily
  
Calliostomatinae

Rank
  
Species

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Calliostoma iris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Contents

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and New Caledonia.

References

Calliostoma iris Wikipedia