Calliotropis eltanini

Calliotropis eltanini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species: C. eltanini
Binomial name
Calliotropis eltanini
Dell, 1990 [1]

Calliotropis eltanini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell reaches 14.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off the South Shetland Islands at a depth of 900 m.

References

  1. Dell, R. K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca, with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 27: iv + 311 pp
  2. Calliotropis eltanini Dell, 1990.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

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