Calliotropis vaillanti

Calliotropis vaillanti
Drawing with two views of a shell of Calliotropis vaillanti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species:
C. vaillanti
Binomial name
Calliotropis vaillanti
(P. Fischer, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Solariella vaillanti (P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Trochus vaillanti P. Fischer, 1882

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.

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. ^ 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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