Calliostoma bullatum
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| Calliostoma bullatum Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Calliostoma |
| Species: | C. bullatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliostoma bullatum Philippi, 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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† Trochus bullatus Philippi, 1844 | |
Calliostoma bullatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Fossil evidence indicates that this species formerly lived as far north as what is now the Mediterranean Sea, but presently it is only known from abyssal habitats off the coast of West Africa, where it largely lives among deep-water coral reefs.[2]