Calliotropis ambigua
Calliotropis ambigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1][3][4]
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| Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Calliotropis ambigua | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Eucyclidae |
| Genus: | Calliotropis |
| Species: | C. ambigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliotropis ambigua (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896) | |
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This species is considered by Dautzenberg & Fischer (1906) as a synonym of Calliotropis vaillanti (Fischer, 1882) but tentatively maintained as separate species by Vilvens & Swennen (2008) [1]
References
- Gofas, S. (2013). Calliotropis ambigua (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2013
- Solariella ambigua Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph.; Fischer, H. (1906). Mollusques provenant des dragages effectués à l'ouest de l'Afrique pendant les campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, XXXII. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 125 p., 5 plates.
- Vilvens C. & Swennen F. (2008). New records of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae) from central eastern Atlantic. Novapex, 9(1): 17-32.
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