Calliostoma waikanae
Calliostoma waikanae, common name the Waikanae top shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae, the calliostoma top snails. Subspecies Calliostoma waikanae forsteriana Dell, 1950 Description The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands; Northern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia References Oliver, W.R.B. (1926). New Zealand species of Calliostoma. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 17 : 107–115, pl. 10 Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127 External links Further reading Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Marshall, 1995. A revision of the recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4):83-127 waikanae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1926