Calliotropis echidna

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

Calliotropis echidna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
Eucyclidae
Genus:
Calliotropis
Species:
C. echidna
Binomial name
Calliotropis echidna
Jansen, 1994

Description

The shell can grow to be 6 mm in length.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Arafura Sea, and off New Caledonia and East Australia at depths between 115 m and 229 m.

References
  1. Calliotropis echidna Jansen, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72.


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