Calliostoma marshalli

Calliostoma marshalli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. marshalli
Binomial name
Calliostoma marshalli
Lowe, 1935

Calliostoma marshalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 11 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico, to Panama.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliostoma marshalli Lowe, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574911 on 2012-12-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.


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