Calliostoma psyche | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. psyche
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Binomial name | |
Calliostoma psyche
Dall, 1888
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Synonyms | |
Calliostoma (Kombologian) bairdii psyche (Dall, W.H., 1889) |
Calliostoma psyche, the Psyche top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 24 mm. This is the southern variety of Calliostoma bairdii of which W.H. Dall considered it to be a variety. It is paler and more delicately colored. It is less elevated and its lateral outlines are slightly concave. [2] [3]
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Key West, USA, at depths between 26 m and 443 m.
Calliostoma psyche | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Calliostomatidae |
Genus: | Calliostoma |
Species: | C. psyche
|
Binomial name | |
Calliostoma psyche
Dall, 1888
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Synonyms | |
Calliostoma (Kombologian) bairdii psyche (Dall, W.H., 1889) |
Calliostoma psyche, the Psyche top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 24 mm. This is the southern variety of Calliostoma bairdii of which W.H. Dall considered it to be a variety. It is paler and more delicately colored. It is less elevated and its lateral outlines are slightly concave. [2] [3]
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Key West, USA, at depths between 26 m and 443 m.