Calliotropis ambigua

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Calliotropis ambigua

| image = Calliotropis ambigua 001.jpg

| image_caption = Original drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Calliotropis ambigua

| authority = (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)

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| synonyms = *Eumargarita rhina Dautzenberg (non Watson), 1889

• Solariella ambigua Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896{{WRMS species|180892|Solariella ambigua Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896||22 April 2010}}

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Calliotropis ambigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.Gofas, S. (2013). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723107 Calliotropis ambigua] (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2013Dautzenberg, Ph.; Fischer, H. (1906). Mollusques provenant des dragages effectués à l'ouest de l'Afrique pendant les campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, XXXII. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 125 p., 5 plates.Vilvens C. & Swennen F. (2008). New records of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae) from central eastern Atlantic. Novapex, 9(1): 17–32.

This species is considered by Dautzenberg & Fischer (1906) as a synonym of Calliotropis vaillanti (Fischer, 1882) but tentatively maintained as separate species by Vilvens & Swennen (2008)