Calliotropis excelsior

Calliotropis excelsior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species: C. excelsior
Binomial name
Calliotropis excelsior
Vilvens, 2004[1]
Synonyms

Calliotropis (Solaricida) excelsior Vilvens, 2004

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific ocean off Fiji and New Caledonia.

References

  1. Vilvens, C., 2004. Description of four new species of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Trochidae: Eucyclinae: Calliotropini) from New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu. Novapex 5(1):19-31
  2. Calliotropis excelsior Vilvens, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

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