Calliostoma hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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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. hedleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma hedleyi Pritchard & Gatliff, 1902
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Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Fautor).
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 17 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in Australian waters off Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia
References
edit- ^ Calliostoma hedleyi Pritchard & Gatliff, 1902. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide. 1-449
- Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J., 1962. Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press and National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne. xv, 475
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn pp. 1–408.
External links
edit- "Calliostoma (Fautor) hedleyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.