Calliotropis equatorialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1]
| Calliotropis equatorialis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Eucyclidae |
| Genus: | Calliotropis |
| Species: | C. equatorialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliotropis equatorialis (Dall, 1896)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Description edit
The shell can grow to be 21 mm.
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern California to Peru.
References edit
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliotropis equatorialis (Dall, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592779 on 2013-04-14
- W.H. Dall (1908), The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology vol. XLIII no. 6, 1908
- Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp
- Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552 page(s): 531
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