Calotrophon velero | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Calotrophon |
Species: | C. velero |
Binomial name | |
Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970) |
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Calotrophon velero is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea along Colombia, Venezuela and the Netherlands Antilles.