Calliotropis vaillanti

Calliotropis vaillanti
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]
  • 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 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. 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
  2. ↑ 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
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