Calliotropis infundibulum

Calliotropis infundibulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Calliotropidae
Genus:	Calliotropis
Species:	C. infundibulum
Binomial name
*Calliotropis infundibulum* (Watson, 1879)
Synonyms^[1]
Margarita infundibulum Margarita infundibulum var. diomedeae A.E. Verrill, 1893 Solariella infundibulum Watson, 1879 Trochus infundibulum Watson, 1879 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 6 mm and 18 mm

This species is distributed in European waters along the Faroes, the North West Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, and in the Gulf of Mexico

^ ^a ^b Calliotropis infundibulum (Watson, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160150 on 15 February 2011.

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