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Calliostoma mirificum
Taxonomy
Calliostoma mirificum was named by Jung (1971). Its type specimen is NMB No. G 15429, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bella, C. caribbeanum, C. depressa, C. deshayesi, C. doliarum, C. dryope, C. etchegoinense, C. interruptum, C. kleppi, C. mapucherum, C. nicolum, C. nudum, C. papilla, C. poppelacki, C. silicatum, C. singunese, C. sinistrorsum, C. styricum, C. subexcavata, C. tauromiliare, C. yucatecanum, C. zonamesta, C. laureatum, C. kikaianum, C. striphna, C. covacevichi, C. ikebei
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Calliostoma mirificum Jung p. 173 figs. pl. 5, figs. 5-8 |
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†Calliostoma mirificum Jung 1971
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Jung 1971 | Shell large, with about six spire whorls. Outline of spire concave on a whole, but profile of early spire whorls straight. The last two or 21/0 whorls rapidly enlarging. Sculpture of early spire whorls consists of three primary, slightly beaded spirals with one or two intercalated secondary spirals. On the body whorl there are about eight subequal, noded spirals. Periphery pronounced but not keeled. Base sculptured with 12 to 14 spirals with interspaces of about
the same width. Umbilicus imperforate. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Grenada | Calliostoma mirificum (58680) |