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Calliostoma mariae

Calliostoma mariae
C. mariae.jpg
apertural view of the shell of Calliostoma mariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Calliostoma
Species: C. mariae
Binomial name
Calliostoma mariae
Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006

Calliostoma mariae is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.

This species is endemic to the Philippines. It is found in Northern Leyte in the Visayas group of islands. This top shell lives at depths of approximately 205 to 214 m.

The shell is broadly conical with six slightly convex whorls. It is small for the genus. The shell height is up to 8 mm, and the width is up to 10 mm.



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