Calliostoma iridium explained

Calliostoma iridium, common name the Panama rainbow top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The height of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Panama and off Pacific Colombia at depths between 230 m and 280 m.

References

• W.H. Dall (1896) Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the West Coast of America; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum XVIII, 1895, p. 7-20

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
• GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2012). Calliostoma iridium Dall, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574900 on 2012-12-07
2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.