Callipara bullatiana

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

Callipara bullatiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutidae
Subfamily:
Volutinae
Genus:
Callipara
Subgenus:
Callipara
Species:
C. bullatiana
Binomial name
Callipara bullatiana
(Weaver & du Pont, 1967)
Synonyms[1]

Voluta bullata Swainson, 1829

Description

Average shell length of mature specimens is around 55 mm,
but extremes can be as small as 40 mm, and as large as 80 mm.

Distribution

Endemic to South Africa, ranging from central Algulhas Bank
to around Port Elizabeth.

References
  1. Callipara bullatiana (Weaver & du Pont, 1967). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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