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Calliotropis actinophora

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Species of gastropod

Calliotropis actinophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species: C. actinophora
Binomial name
Calliotropis actinophora
(Dall, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Margarita actinophora Dall, 1890 (original combination)
  • Solariella actinophora Dall, 1880

Calliotropis actinophora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.

Description

The length of the shell measures 10 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2013)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles and in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Calliotropis actinophora (Dall, 1890). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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Taxon identifiers
Calliotropis actinophora


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