''Photinastoma taeniatum'' is a species of

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, a

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mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Photinastoma taeniatum'' (Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533294 on 2012-12-07

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 28.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Falkland Islands and in the

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at depths from 1 m to 115 m.

References

* Mabille, J. 1885. ''Descriptions de deux mollusques marins du Cap Horn''. Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France 2: 207–208. * Rochebrune, A.-T. and J. Mabille. 1885. ''Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux, recueillis par les membres de la mission du Cap Horn et M. Lebrun, Préparateur au Muséum, chargé d'une mission à Santa-Cruz de Patagonie.'' Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (7)9: 100–111. * Strebel, H. 1905. ''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magalhaen-Provinz. II. Die Trochiden''. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Supplement 8: 121–166, pl. 5. * Cooper, J. E. and H. B. Preston. 1910. ''Diagnoses of new species of marine and freshwater shells from the Falkland Islands, including descriptions of two new genera of marine Pelecypoda.'' Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5: 110–114, pl. 4 * Coan, E. V.; Petit, R. E. (2011). The publications and malacological taxa of William Wood (1774-1857). Malacologia. 54(1-2): 1-76

External links

Powell, A. W. B. (1951). Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca: Pelecypoda and Gastropoda. Discovery Reports. 26: 47-196, pl. 5-10

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* taeniatum Gastropods described in 1825 {{Calliostomatidae-stub