''Calliostoma argentum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Calliostomatidae.
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Calliostoma argentum'' Quinn, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532506 on 2012-12-07]
Description
The height of the shell attains 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the West Indies and in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico at depths between 175 m and 348 m.
References
* Quinn, J. F. Jr. 1992. ''New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean''. Nautilus 106: 77-114.
External links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)To Encyclopedia of LifeTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca CollectionTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca CollectionTo World Register of Marine Species*
Calliostoma, argentum
Gastropods described in 1992
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