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Calliostoma (Calliostoma)

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Swainson p. 351
1955Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Allison p. 410
1957Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Woodring p. 63
1972Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Perrilliat p. 22
2008Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Landau et al. p. 455
2010Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Landau and Marques da Silva p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCalliostomatinaeThiele 1924
genusCalliostomaSwainson 1840
subgenusCalliostomaSwainson 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:36:49
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:50:56
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) Calliostoma striphna (63548)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Calliostoma caronianum (60637) Calliostoma decipiens (60408 60634)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Calliostoma castellanosae, Calliostoma nulloi, Calliostoma bonorinoi, Calliostoma suarezi, Calliostoma meisteri, Calliostoma punctatulum, Calliostoma mapuchei, Calliostoma masiuku (42147) Calliostoma nativum, Calliostoma planum, Calliostoma malumiani, Calliostoma duplicatum, Calliostoma trombottoi, Calliostoma argentinum, Calliostoma caminosi, Calliostoma ameghinoi (42146)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Calliostoma metalium (60699 60700)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Calliostoma decipiens (60412 60414) Calliostoma laticarinatum, Calliostoma decipiens (60415 60416 60417)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Calliostoma conulus (80564)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) Trochus conulus (209253)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Calliostoma pulcher (134768)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Calliostoma calderense (111011) Calliostoma laticarinatum (79710)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Calliostoma cosijni, Calliostoma simplex (70084) Calliostoma cosijni, Calliostoma soloense, Calliostoma tranquebaricum (70079)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Trochus kicksii (84764)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico Calliostoma pulcher (77714 77715)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Calliostoma pulcher (69093) Calliostoma roseloide, Calliostoma pulcher (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Calliostoma conulus (80561 80562)