Calliostoma koma

Calliostoma koma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. koma
Binomial name
Calliostoma koma
(Shikama & Habe. 1965)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Benthastelena) koma (Shikama, T. & T. Habe, 1965)
  • Tristichotrochus koma Shikama & Habe, 1965

Calliostoma koma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Taiwan, Southern Japan; in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

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