Calliostoma bullisi

Calliostoma bullisi
A shell of Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960, 27.4 mm height by 27.4 mm diameter, trawled at 70 m off the coast of Sierra Leone, Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species:
C. bullisi
Binomial name
Calliostoma bullisi

Calliostoma bullisi, common name Bullis's top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 35 mm.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off East Brazil at depths between 28 m and 73 m; in the Caribbean Ocean off Isla Margarita, Venezuela.

References

  1. ^ Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1960. The genus Calliostoma in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 4: 1–80
  2. ^ a b Calliostoma bullisi Clench & Turner, 1960. 5 March 2023. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ a b Eddie Hardy. "Calliostoma bullisi". Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Retrieved 5 March 2023.


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