Xeniostoma inexpectans

Xeniostoma inexpectans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Xeniostoma
Species:
X. inexpectans
Binomial name
Xeniostoma inexpectans
McLean, 2012[1]

Xeniostoma inexpectans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Description

The height of the thin, silvery white shell attains 8.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, at depths between 200 m and 400 m.

References

  1. ^ McLean J. H. (2012) Detrital feeding in Xeniostoma inexpectans, new genus, new species, and new subfamily Xeniostomatinae of Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda), hosted by hexactinellid sponges of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Nautilus 126(3): 89–97|2012-12-07
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Xeniostoma inexpectans McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711467 on 2012-12-07


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