Calliotropis vaillanti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1]
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Calliotropis vaillanti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Eucyclidae |
| Genus: | Calliotropis |
| Species: | C. vaillanti
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliotropis vaillanti (P. Fischer, 1882)
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Description edit
The height of the shell attains 8 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, the Azores and the Cape Verdes at depths between 495 m and 1674 m.
References edit
- ^ a b Calliotropis vaillanti (P. Fischer, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
- P. Fischer, 1882. Journ. Conch., XXX, p. 50.
- Dautzenberg et H. Fischer, 1894. Mém. Soc. Zool. France, IX, p. 477, pl. XX, fig. 12
External links edit
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