''Calliostoma lividum'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Calliostomatidae Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2013). Calliostomatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdeta ...

.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Calliostoma lividum'' Dautzenberg, 1927. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558718 on 2012-12-07Avila S.P., Borges J.P. & Frias Martins A.M. de (2011) The littoral Trochoidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Azores. Journal of Conchology 40(4): 408-427.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: *

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Exclusive Economic Zone

References

External links

To Barcode of Life

To World Register of Marine Species
lividum Gastropods described in 1927 {{Calliostomatidae-stub