Calliostoma foveauxanum
Encyclopedia
Calliostoma foveauxanum is a medium-sized sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae
, the calliostoma top snails.
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae
Calliostomatidae
Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.- Description :The Calliostomatidae are unusually diverse. They are characterized by a stepped spire and a pointy aperture. They may possess or lack an umbilicus. The columella is sometimes...
, the calliostoma top snails.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- Image of the holotypeHolotypeA holotype is a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. It is either the single such physical example or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype...
of the species is here: http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/imagepopup.aspx?width=640&height=640&irn=49401&mode=zoom&title=Calliostoma+foveauxanum+(Dell%2c+1950)%3b+holotype%3b+holotype+of+Venustas+foveauxana+Dell%2c+1950&ack=