Calliotropis equatorialis explained

Calliotropis equatorialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.^[1]

Description

The shell can grow to be 21 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Southern California to Peru.

References

• W.H. Dall (1908), The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda; Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology vol. XLIII no. 6, 1908
• Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp
• Marshall B. A. (1979). The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521-552 page(s): 531

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Calliotropis equatorialis (Dall, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592779 on 2013-04-14