Calotrophon velero

Calotrophon velero
	Shell of Calotrophon velero (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Calotrophon
Species:	C. velero
Binomial name
	Calotrophon velero; (Vokes, 1970)
Synonyms
	Calotrophon (Panamurex) velero (Vokes, 1970); Poirieria (Panamurex) velero (Vokes, 1970); Poirieria velero Vokes, 1970 (original combination);

Calotrophon velero is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana and the Netherlands Antilles.

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

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