Calliostoma argentum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Calliostoma argentum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. argentum
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma argentum Quinn, 1992
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The height of the shell attains 35 mm.
This marine species occurs in the West Indies and in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico at depths between 175 m and 348 m.