Calliotropis excelsior

Calliotropis excelsior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species:
C. excelsior
Binomial name
Calliotropis excelsior
Vilvens, 2004
Synonyms
  • Calliotropis (Solaricida) excelsior Vilvens, 2004

Calliotropis excelsior is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.

Description

The shell can grow to be 24 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji and New Caledonia.

References

  1. ↑ Vilvens, C., 2004. Description of four new species of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Trochidae: Eucyclinae: Calliotropini) from New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu. Novapex 5(1):19–31
  2. ↑ Calliotropis excelsior Vilvens, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Calliotropis (Solaricida) excelsior". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 April 2020.