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Calliotropis infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Seguenziida (Order) > Seguenzioidea (Superfamily) > Eucyclidae (Family) > Calliotropis (Genus) > infundibulum (Species)
Family:
EUCYCLIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 20mm
Synonymised Names:
=Calliotropis (Solaricida) infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Margarita infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Margarita infundibulum var. diomedeae A.E. Verrill, 1893
=Solaricida infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Solariella infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Trochus (Margarita) infundibulum R.B. Watson, 1879
Distribution:
North-eastern NZ, between Kermadec Ridge and East Cape. Also Atlantic, North America, Brazil, South Africa, Atlantic-Indian-Antarctic Basin. 230 - 3259 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vilvens, C. 2007 New species and new records of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae: Calliotropinae) from Indo-Pacific, Novapex Hors Serie, 5 (p.11)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.531)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil