''Callogaza sericata'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Margaritidae
Margaritidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Bouchet, P. (2012). Margaritidae. Accessed through: World Register ...
.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Callogaza sericata'' (Kira, 1959). Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594178 on 2012-12-03
Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine occurs in the Northwest Pacific off the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
to
Japan at depths between 50 m and 300 m.
References
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). ''Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp.
Luiz Ricardo L. Simone & Carlo M. Cunha, ''Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species''; Zootaxa1318: 1–40 (2006)
External links
To World Register of Marine Species*
sericata
Gastropods described in 1959
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