Calliotropis acherontis

Calliotropis acherontis
Shell of Calliotropis acherontis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	Calliotropidae
Genus:	Calliotropis
Species:	C. acherontis
Binomial name
Calliotropis acherontis Marshall, 1979
Synonyms
Calliotropis (Calliotropis) acherontisMarshall, 1979 (original combination)

Calliotropis acherontis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Australia, New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and New Caledonia.

References

1. Calliotropis acherontis Marshall, 1979 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.

• Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521–552-page(s): 529
• Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72

External links

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