Callipara kurodai

Short description: Species of gastropod

Callipara kurodai

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Volutidae
Genus:  | Callipara
Species:  |

C. kurodai

Binomial name
Callipara kurodai

(Kawamura, 1964)

Callipara kurodai or Kuroda's Volute is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1] It was discovered in 1964 by trawling at depths of 2,000 feet (610 metres) in the South China Sea. The difficulty in acquiring shell samples before the proliferation of trawling made it historically in-demand among shell collectors.[2]

## Description

The shell varies from 6 to 9 cm in length, unlike many other volutes, the outer shell surface is axially ribbed, as opposed to smooth.[2]

## Distribution

It is primarily found at deep depths in the South China Sea, off the coasts of Vietnam and China.[3][2]

## References

1. ↑ Callipara kurodai (Kawamura, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scase, Robert; Storey, Eric (1975). The world of shells. New York: Larousse. ISBN 978-0-88332-074-7.
3. ↑ "Kuroda's lyria volute data - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/4845618/data.

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