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Calliostoma annulatum (purple ringed top shell)

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Trochus annulatus was named by Lightfoot (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Calliostoma annulatum by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alphelium, C. annulata, C. audebardi, C. babicensis, C. bella, C. butacianus, C. carcellesi, C. carcellesi, C. caribbeanum, C. carpatica, C. cingulatum, C. coalingense, C. coalingensis, C. coppingeri, C. coppingeri, C. cossmani, C. costata, C. couperi, C. crassicostatus, C. curucutianum, C. decapitata, C. depressa, C. deshayesi, C. discrytum, C. doliarum, C. dryope, C. dubius, C. dyscritum, C. eboreum, C. elegantissima, C. etchegoinense, C. euconulum, C. euglyptum, C. exasperatum, C. eximum, C. garreti, C. garretti, C. granulatum, C. gualterianum, C. guppyi, C. inaequiliratum, C. indusii, C. interruptum, C. jujucanulum, C. jujuconulum, C. kleppi, C. laugeri, C. laugieri, C. laureatum, C. lindae, C. malaianus, C. mapucherum, C. miliaris, C. multiliratum, C. navatum, C. nicolum, C. noduliferens, C. nodulosum, C. nordenskjoldi, C. nudum, C. nuttalli, C. observationis, C. ojii, C. opisthostenus, C. papilla, C. peraratum, C. permagnum, C. philanthropum, C. philanthropus, C. philathropus, C. philonthopus, C. philothropus, C. planatum, C. poppelacki, C. prejujubinum, C. pulcrum, C. puntagordanum, C. puntasium, C. roseloide, C. roseoloide, C. roseolum, C. santacruzense, C. santacruzensis, C. scutiformis, C. seminolum, C. semiornata, C. semipunctatus, C. silicatum, C. simane, C. sincerum, C. singunese, C. sinistrorsum, C. stantoni, C. styricum, C. subexcavata, C. tampaense, C. tampicum, C. tauroelegans, C. tauromiliare, C. ticanonicum, C. trigonum, C. tullneri, C. willcoxianum, C. yucatecanum, C. zonamesta, C. zukowcense, C. laureatum, C. serratocostatum, C. serratocostatum, C. trigonum, C. kikaianum, C. ameghinoi, C. argentinum, C. bonorinoi, C. caminosi, C. castellanosae, C. cosijni, C. duplicatum, C. malumiani, C. mapuchei, C. masiuku, C. meisteri, C. nativum, C. nulloi, C. planum, C. pulcher, C. punctatulum, C. roseloide, C. simplex, C. soloense, C. striphna, C. suarezi, C. tranquebaricum, C. trombottoi, C. guppyi, C. claibornianum, C. decampose, C. stpanicic, C. obliquicancellatum, C. limulum, C. pauli, C. covacevichi, C. ikebei, C. rubiginosum, C. poppelacki, C. consors, C. nahaensis, Trochus chemnitzi, Trochus conuloides, Trochus granulatim

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Trochus annulatus Lightfoot p. 101
1789Trochus virgineus Chemnitz
1950Calliostoma virgineum Woodring and Bramlette
1966Zizyphinus virgineus Dibblee p. 58
2002Calliostoma virgineus Hall pp. table A15
2021Calliostoma annulatum Hendy

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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
speciesannulatum(Lightfoot 1786)

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 annulatum Lightfoot 1786 [purple ringed top shell]
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Invalid names: Calliostoma virgineus Chemnitz 1789 [synonym]
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: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Calliostoma annulatum (214268)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Calliostoma annulatum (200403)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Calliostoma virgineum (189765 189767 189768 207661)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Calliostoma annulatum (168757)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Calliostoma annulatum (201624 237610)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Calliostoma annulatum (71053 202634 202647 202648 203095 223329 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Calliostoma annulatum (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Calliostoma annulatum (222660)