Calliotropis blacki is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1]
Calliotropis blacki | |
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Shell of Calliotropis blacki (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Calliotropidae |
Genus: | Calliotropis |
Species: | C. blacki
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Binomial name | |
Calliotropis blacki Marshall, 1979
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell reaches 33 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Kermadec Islands and New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ a b Calliotropis blacki Marshall, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521–552-page(s): 527
- Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72.
External links
editMedia related to Calliotropis blacki at Wikimedia Commons