Calotrophon velero
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| Shell of Calotrophon velero (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Calotrophon |
| Species: | C. velero
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| 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]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
[edit]C. velero lives in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana and the Netherlands Antilles.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 196
- Garrigues B. & Lamy D. , 2017. Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l’expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy 15: 29-38
External links
[edit]- "Calotrophon velero". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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