Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Calliostomatidae Scientific name Calliostoma simulans | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae Rank Species | |
Calliostoma simulans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family One of its family's common names is the New Zealand Mollusks. Calliostomatidae.
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Description
It is a light greyish colur with white dots on its body. It looks like a regular snail in the sense that its shell is a spiral shape. It is 57mm tall and 53mm wide.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand, off the coast of New Plymouth, Cape Palliser south to the Banks Peninsula. It is also found on Chatham Rise and off Bounty and Campbell Island.
Habitat
It makes its home in the mud and lives in its shell for all of its life.
References
Calliostoma simulans Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA