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

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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

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Endemic to South Africa, ranging from central Algulhas Bank to around Port Elizabeth.

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