Calliotropis ostrideslithos

Calliotropis ostrideslithos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species: C. ostrideslithos
Binomial name
Calliotropis ostrideslithos
Vilvens, 2007

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 3 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

C. ostrideslithos can be found in the waters surrounding Fiji.[2] and the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. Calliotropis ostrideslithos Vilvens, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  2. Bouchet, P., Marshall, B.A., Heros, V. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Volume 25. University of California Press, 2008. 33. ISBN 2-85653-614-X

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