Calotrophon velero
Appearance
Calotrophon velero | |
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Shell of Calotrophon velero (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Calotrophon |
Species: | C. velero
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Binomial name | |
Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Calotrophon velero is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
[edit]C. velero lives in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana and the Netherlands Antilles.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 196
- Garrigues B. & Lamy D. , 2017. Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l’expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy 15: 29-38
External links
[edit]- "Calotrophon velero". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.