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

Calliostoma babelicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. babelicum
Binomial name
Calliostoma babelicum
(Habe, 1961)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Kombologion) babelicum (Habe, T., 1961)
  • Kombologion babelicum Habe, 1961

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

Description edit

The height of the shell attains 10 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References edit

  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan Osaka: Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.

External links edit

  • "Calliostoma (Kombologion) babelicum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.