Calliostoma cubense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.

Calliostoma cubense

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 16.6 mm.

Calliostoma cubense

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 11 m. Maximum recorded depth is 11 m.

Calliostoma cubense

References

Quinn, J. F., Jr. 1992. New species of Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Nautilus 106: 77-114 Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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Gastropods described in 1992