Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Trochoidea Subfamily Calliostomatinae Scientific name Calliostoma turnerarum Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Calliostomatidae Tribe Calliostomatini Higher classification Calliostoma | |
Calliostoma turnerarum, common name Turner's top shell, is a species of medium-sized deepwater 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 height of the shell attains 57 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
Calliostoma turnerarum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA