Calliotropis granolirata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = March 2020}}
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| image = Calliotropis granolirata 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Calliotropis granolirata
| genus = Calliotropis
| species = granolirata
| authority = (Sowerby, 1903)
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms =
- Calliostoma (Lischkeia) granoliratum G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (basionym)
- Calliostoma granoliratum G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (original combination)
}}
Calliotropis granolirata, common name the Cape cog shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliotropidae.{{WRMS species|446313|Calliotropis granolirata (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)||18 April 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell reaches 25 mm.
The shell is small, featuring a conical spire and a rounded base. It is sculpted with prominent spiral cords that bear well-developed granules. The spire whorls have three cords, including one at the periphery, while the base is adorned with four cords. The umbilicus is closed, and the aperture displays a nacreous (mother-of-pearl) sheen when the shell is fresh.
Coloration is uniformly milky-white to pale buff, with a matte, non-lustrous finish. {{cite book |last1=Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. |title=Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa |date=2018 |publisher=Malachite Marketing and Media |location=Pretoria |page=289 |doi=10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |url=https://doi.org/10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001 |isbn=978-1-86868-098-6|
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Distribution
A marine species endemic to South Africa, it has been reliably recorded only from deep waters off the Cape Agulhas–Cape Point region, at depths reaching up to 2,750 meters.
References
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- {{cite journal |last1=Barnard K.H. |title=. Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda |journal=Annals of the South African Museum |date=1963 |volume=47 |issue=2 |page=260}}
- Vilvens C. (2007) New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72.
External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Sowerby |first1=G.B. III |title=Mollusca of South Africa |journal=Marine Investigations in South Africa |date=1903 |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=222 |doi=10.5962/p.366539 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6427920}}
- {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=27150|title=Calliotropis granolirata|access-date=15 January 2019}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Herbert |first1=D.G. |title=An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). |journal=Zootaxa |date=2015 |volume=4049 |issue=1 |pages=1–98 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 |pmid=26624772 |url=https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1903
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