''Calliotropis hondoensis'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Eucyclidae Eucyclidae is a family of gastropods in the superfamily Seguenzioidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies. Genera Genera within the family Eucyclidae include: * '' Amberley ...

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and the Philippines.

References

* Marshall B. A. (1979). ''The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6: 521–552-page(s): 531 * Vilvens C. (2007) ''New records and new species of Calliotropis from Indo-Pacific''. Novapex 8 (Hors Série 5): 1–72.

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hondoensis Gastropods described in 1919 {{Eucyclidae-stub