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

Calliostoma mikikoae
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. mikikoae
Binomial name
Calliostoma mikikoae
(Kosuge & Oh-Ishi, 1970)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Calliostoma) mikikoae (Kosuge & Oh-Ishi, 1970)
  • Tristichotrochus mikikoae Kosuge & Oh-Ishi, 1970

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

Description edit

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the China Sea.

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.