Callipara festiva

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Callipara festiva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Callipara
Species:
C. festiva
Binomial name
Callipara festiva
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms [1]
  • Callipara (Festilyria) festiva(Lamarck, 1811)
  • Festilyria festiva(Lamarck, 1811)
  • Voluta festivaLamarck, 1811

Callipara festiva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2017). Callipara festiva. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998256 on 2017-10-18