Calliostoma sanjaimense

Calliostoma sanjaimense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. sanjaimense
Binomial name
Calliostoma sanjaimense
McLean, 1970

Calliostoma sanjaimense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1][2][3]

Description

Features a shell of moderate size, about 20mm tall[3] and a diameter of 18.4mm.[3] Its shell is yellowish brown in color and contains 7 whorls. The exterior of the shell is wrapped in may beaded chords. It differs from its closest evolutionary relative, C. iridium, due to its sturdier shell as well as more strongly beaded chords on its inner whorls.[3]

Distribution

Found in waters off of Baja California, Mexico[3]

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma sanjaimense McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574906 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.
  3. ^ a b c d e Healey Dall, William (1969). "Division of Mollusks". The Veliger. 12 (12): 423.