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Calliotectum smithi

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Calliotectum smithi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Calliotectum
Species:
C. smithi
Binomial name
Calliotectum smithi
(Bartsch, 1942)

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

Description

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This tall-spired species attains a size of 160 mm.

Distribution

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Type locality: Philippines[2]

References

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  1. ^ Calliotectum smithi (Bartsch, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Bartsch, P. (1942). Some deep-sea Philippine volutids. The Nautilus. 56(1): 9-13., page(s): 11, pl. 2 fig. 5