Calliotropis eucheloides

Calliotropis eucheloides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[2]

Calliotropis eucheloides
Shell of Calliotropis eucheloides (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Seguenzioidea
Family:
Eucyclidae
Genus:
Calliotropis
Species:
C. eucheloides
Binomial name
Calliotropis eucheloides
Marshall, 1979 [1]
Synonyms
  • Calliotropis (Calliotropis) eucheloides Marshall, 1979

Description

The length of the shell reaches 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and the Kermadec Islands.

References
  1. from synonym: Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521–552 page(s): 527
  2. Calliotropis eucheloides Marshall, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  • Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72.
  • "Calliotropis (Calliotropis) eucheloides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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