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Calliostoma heros

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Calliostoma heros
Shell of Calliostoma heros (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. heros
Binomial name
Calliostoma heros
Marshall, 1995
Synonyms

Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) heros Marshall, 1995

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

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus)

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  • Marshall, B.A., 1995. Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 381-458