Calliotropis regalis

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Calliotropis regalis
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Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Calliotropis regalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Eucyclidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species:
C. regalis
Binomial name
Calliotropis regalis
(Verrill & Smith, 1880) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Calliostoma regalisVerrill & S. Smith, 1880
  • Lischkeia regalis(Verrill & Smith, 1880)
  • Margarita regalisVerrill & S. Smith, 1880 (basionym)
  • Solariella regalis(Verrill & S. Smith, 1880)

Calliotropis regalis, or the regal spiny margarite, [3] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae. [2]

Contents

In older literature, this species was always synonymized with Margarita regalisVerril & Smlith, 1880 or with Trochus ottoiPhilippi, 1844 or with Solariella ottoiPhilippi, 1844, all synonyms of Calliotropis ottoi (Philippi, 1844).

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in European waters along the British Isles and the Faroes, in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to North Carolina.

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References

  1. ↑ Verrill & Smith (1880), Trans. Conn. Acad., V. p. 530, pl. lvii. fig. 37, 1882; VI. p. 254, pl. xxix. fig. 14.
  2. 1 2 Calliotropis regalis (Verrill & Smith, 1880) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "ITIS - Report: Calliotropis regalis".


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