Calliostoma nobile

Calliostoma nobile, common name the noble top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Calliostoma nobile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Calliostoma
Species:
C. nobile
Binomial name
Calliostoma nobile
(Hirase, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Astele nobilis Hirase, 1922
  • Omphalotukaia nobilis (Hirase, 1922)

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Omphalotukaia)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Calliostoma nobile (Hirase, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and bibliography of the marine shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Osaka. : Elle Scientific Publications. 749 pp


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