Calliostoma zietzi
| Calliostoma zietzi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. zietzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma zietzi Verco, 1905 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Calliostoma (Fautor) zietzi Verco, 1905 | |
Calliostoma zietzi, common name the Zietz top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor) .
Description
The height of the shell attains 8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Victoria to Western Australia; off Tasmania.
References
- ↑ Calliostoma zietzi Verco, 1905. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Cotton, B.C. (1959). South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Adelaide: Govt. Printer. pp. 1–449.
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408
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