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Calliotropis pelseneeri

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Calliotropis pelseneeri
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C. pelseneeri
Binomial name
Calliotropis pelseneeri
Cernohorsky, 1977
Synonyms
  • Calliotropis lamellosa Powell, 1958
  • Margarita lamellosa Pelseneer, 1903
  • Solariellopis? lamellosa Thiele, 1912

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

Subspecies
  • Calliotropis pelseneeri pelseneeri Cernohorsky, 1977
  • Calliotropis pelseneeri rossiana Dell, 1990 (species inquirenda)

Description

The shell attains a height of 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Weddell Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica

References

  • Vilvens C. & Sellanes J. (2010). Description of Calliotropis ceciliae new species (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae: Calliotropinae) from off Chile. The Nautilus 124(2):107-111
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.

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