Trochidae
Calliostoma iwamotoi Ikebe, 1942
[Iwamoto ebisugai]
Description
Pearly brown with dark brown splotches. Spiral ribs near the suture are granular.
Locality
East China Sea in 360m.
Japan: Off Kumamoto in 150-200m, Tosa Bay in 150m, Kii Peninsula in 200m,
Sagami Bay in 250-300m, Mouth of Tokyo Bay in 100-300m.
Original articles of scientific name
1942 Calliostoma iwamotoi Ikebe, N. Trochid Mollusca Calliostoma of Japan,
Fossil and Recent. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography. 18: 249-282.
Original of Japanese name
1941 Norio Ikebe, Venus, Jap. Jour. Malac., 11 (2-3), P. 54.
Remarks
Calliostoma iwamotoi can be found with Calliostoma akoya, but rare.
Scientific name and Japanese name are connected to Mr. Hisaichi Iwamoto.
fig.1: Mouth of Tokyo Bay, fig.2: Sagami Bay, fig.3: East China Sea.
