Calliostoma formosense, common name the Formosa top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. formosense
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma formosense E. A. Smith, 1907[1]
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Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Benthastelena).
Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 63 mm.
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Taiwan.
References edit
- ^ Smith E. A. (1907). "Description of a new species of Calliostoma from South Formosa". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 205.
- ^ a b Calliostoma formosense E.A. Smith, 1907. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links edit
- "Calliostoma (Maurea) formosense". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.