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

Calliostoma galea
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. galea
Binomial name
Calliostoma galea
(Sakurai, 1994)
Synonyms[1]

Tristichotrochus galea Sakurai, 1994 (original combination)

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Benthastelena).

Description edit

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Japan and Taiwan.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Calliostoma galea (Sakurai, 1994). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Sakurai, K., 1994. Eight new species of Trochid Genera, Tristichotrochus, Kombologion and Otukaia (Calliostomatinae) from Japan and adjacent waters . Jap. Jour. Malac.4, 53:287–296.