Calliostoma springeri, commonly known as Springer's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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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. springeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma springeri (Clench & Turner, 1960)
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 39 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico at depths between 219 m and 475 m.
References
edit- ^ Calliostoma springeri (Clench & Turner, 1960). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1–80.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links
edit- "Calliostoma benedicti springeri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.