Euthria calypso

Euthria calypso
Apertural view of Euthria calypso
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Tudiclidae
Genus: Euthria
Species:
E. calypso
Binomial name
Euthria calypso
Cosel & Burnay, 1983

Euthria calypso is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 48 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along the Cape Verdes.

References

  1. ^ Euthria calypso Cosel & Burnay, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 June 2011.
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • Fraussen K. & Swinnen F. (2016). A review of the genus Euthria Gray, 1839 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) from the Cape Verde archipelago. Xenophora Taxonomy. 11: 9–31
  • "Euthria calypso". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

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