Calliostoma vilvensi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
| Calliostoma vilvensi | |
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| Shell of Calliostoma vilvensi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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. vilvensi
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma vilvensi Poppe, 2004[1]
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 23 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines and the Solomon Islands
References
edit- ^ Poppe. 2004. Visaya 1 : 4–19. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Calliostoma vilvensi Poppe, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4–19.
External links
edit- "Calliostoma vilvensi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.