Calliotropis oros

Calliotropis oros
Shell of Calliotropis oros (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species:
C. oros
Binomial name
Calliotropis oros
Vivens, 2007

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

Subspecies
  • Calliotropis oros marquisensis Vilvens, 2007
  • Calliotropis oros oros Vilvens, 2007

Description

The length of the shell is between 4 and 6 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Fiji and New Caledonia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Calliotropis oros Vivens, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods". Conchology.
  • Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72.


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