Calliotropis vaillanti
| Calliotropis vaillanti | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Calliotropis vaillanti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Calliotropidae |
| Genus: | Calliotropis |
| Species: | C. vaillanti |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliotropis vaillanti (P. Fischer, 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliotropis vaillanti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[1][2]
Description
The height of the shell attains 8 mm.
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
- 1 2 Gofas, S. (2013). Calliotropis vaillanti (P. Fischer, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723106 on 2013-04-14
- ↑ Vilvens C. & Swennen F. (2008). New records of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae) from central eastern Atlantic. Novapex, 9(1): 17-32.
- P. Fischer, 1882. Journ. Conch., XXX, p. 50.
- Dautzenberg et H. Fischer, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France, IX, p. 477, pl. XX, fig. 12
External links
| External identifiers for Calliotropis vaillanti | |
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| WoRMS | 723106 |
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