Calliotropis patula

Calliotropis patula
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Calliotropis patula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species: C. patula
Binomial name
Calliotropis patula
(Martens, 1904) [1]
Synonyms

Basilissa patula Watson, 1878

Calliotropis patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mozambique.

References

  1. v. Martens, Sitzungsberichte d. Gesellsch. nat. Freunde Berlin, 1901, S. 25.
  2. Calliotropis patula (Martens, 1904).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

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