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Calliotropis acherontis

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Calliotropis acherontis
Shell of Calliotropis acherontis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species:
C. acherontis
Binomial name
Calliotropis acherontis
Marshall, 1979
Synonyms
  • Calliotropis (Calliotropis) acherontis Marshall, 1979 (original combination)

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off East Australia, New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and New Caledonia.

References

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  • Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521–552-page(s): 529
  • Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72
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