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Xeniostoma inexpectans

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Xeniostoma inexpectans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Distribution

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

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