Calliotropis blacki

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Calliotropis blacki
Shell of Calliotropis blacki (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Eucyclidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species:
C. blacki
Binomial name
Calliotropis blacki
Marshall, 1979
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliotropis (Calliotropis) blacki Marshall, 1979 (original combination)

Calliotropis blacki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell reaches 33 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Kermadec Islands and New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b Calliotropis blacki Marshall, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521–552-page(s): 527
  • Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72.

External links

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