Calliotectum egregium

Calliotectum egregium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Calliotectum egregium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Volutoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Calliotectinae
Genus:
Calliotectum
Species:
egregium
Binomial name
Calliotectum egregium
Bouchet & Poppe, 1995

Description
  • Bouchet, P.; Poppe, G. T. (1995). A review of the deep-water volute genus Calliotectum (Gastropoda: Volutidae). in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: pp. 499–525. (look up in IMIS).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Calliotectum egregium Bouchet & Poppe, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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