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Calliostoma tarltonense

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy

Calliostoma tarltonense was named by Jung (1971). Its type specimen is NMB No. H15426, 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 tarltonense Jung p. 174 figs. pl. 5, figs. 1-4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Vetigastropoda	(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamily	Trochoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Trochidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Calliostomatinae	Thiele 1924
genus	Calliostoma	Swainson 1840
species	tarltonense

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.

†Calliostoma tarltonense Jung 1971

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
P. Jung 1971	Of medium to large size. Protoconch smooth, with about 11/2 convex whorls. Postnuclear whorls four, strongly convex. Suture distinct. Spire whorls sculptured by five beaded spirals. The uppermost two spirals are separated from the lower three spirals by a wider interspace. Body whorl sculptured by seven beaded spirals. Periphery rounded. Base evenly convex, with about ten finely beaded spirals. Umbilicus imperforate. Outer lip thin, everted, strongly prosocline. Callus on inner lip thin.

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: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Grenada	Calliostoma tarltonense (58652)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Grenada	Calliostoma tarltonense (58667 58668 58680 58681)