Calliotropis vaillanti
Appearance
Calliotropis vaillanti | |
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Calliotropis vaillanti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
Family: | Calliotropidae |
Genus: | Calliotropis |
Species: | C. vaillanti
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Binomial name | |
Calliotropis vaillanti (P. Fischer, 1882)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliotropis vaillanti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 8 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, the Azores and the Cape Verdes at depths between 495 m and 1674 m.
References
- ^ a b Calliotropis vaillanti (P. Fischer, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
- P. Fischer, 1882. Journ. Conch., XXX, p. 50.
- Dautzenberg et H. Fischer, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France, IX, p. 477, pl. XX, fig. 12
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