Common name of Calliodentalium callipeplum
 
Common Name Gorgeous tuskshell
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex
Core primary lexeme
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'shell' from Greek 'skallein', i.e., to hoe, pertaining to the shell.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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