Euthria calypso

Euthria calypso
Apertural view of Euthria calypso
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Euthria
Species: E. calypso
Binomial name
Euthria calypso
Cosel & Burnay, 1983

Euthria calypso is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 48 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along the Cape Verdes.

References

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