Callipara bullatiana

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Callipara bullatiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Callipara
Species:
C. bullatiana
Binomial name
Callipara bullatiana
(Weaver & du Pont, 1967)
Synonyms[1]

Voluta bullata Swainson, 1829

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

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.

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