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Calliotropis echidna

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Species of gastropod

Calliotropis echidna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Calliotropis
Species: C. echidna
Binomial name
Calliotropis echidna
Jansen, 1994

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

Description

The shell can grow to be 6 mm in length.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Arafura Sea, and off New Caledonia and East Australia at depths between 115 m and 229 m.

References

  1. Calliotropis echidna Jansen, 1994. 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 SΓ©rie 5): 1–72.
Taxon identifiers
Calliotropis echidna


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