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Calliostoma

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Calliostoma was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr R Sepkoski's reference number: 615]. It is extant. Its type is Trochus conulus.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Trochidae by Martin (1904), Nagao (1928), Durham (1944), Weisbord (1962), Addicott (1970), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Short and Potter (1987), Todd (2001), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Wienrich (2001) and Perrilliat et al. (2006); and to Calliostomatinae by Gardner (1947), Gardner (1948), Allison (1955), Woodring (1957), MacNeil (1960), Perrilliat (1972), Kase (1984), Beu et al. (1990), Perrilliat (1992), Wilson (1993), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Species
C. (Ampullotrochus), C. (Calliostoma), C. (Elmerlinia), C. (Eocalliostoma), C. (Eutrochus), C. (Fautor), C. (Leiotrochus), C. (Pulchrastele), C. (Salsipotens), C. (Sarmates), C. (Sinutor), C. (Tristichotrochus), C. (Ziziphinus), C. annulatum (syn. C. virgineus), C. aphelium, C. arnoldi, C. attrina, C. augustinensis, C. bellicosum, C. bellum, C. blanfordi, C. boscianum, C. calvertanum, C. canaliculatum (syn. Trochus doliarius), C. carsoni, C. castilla, C. ceramicum, C. cirrus, C. coalingensis, C. contextum, C. conuliforme, C. cragini, C. decamposi, C. delazinensis, C. derbyi, C. diabloensis, C. eboreus, C. etchegoinensis, C. exile, C. flumenvadum, C. gemmulatum, C. grabaui, C. grammaticum, C. grantianum, C. granulata, C. hannibali, C. humile, C. irerense, C. kempiana, C. kerri, C. lawsoni, C. ligatum (syn. C. costatum), C. ligatus, C. lignitica, C. limonensis, C. mea, C. metrium, C. mirificum, C. mohtatae, C. monile, C. negroensis, C. noduliferum, C. nonurum, C. parkeri, C. peralveatum, C. philanthropus, C. pirabicum, C. promense, C. puelchanum, C. radiatum, C. reclusus, C. retectum, C. rhombotoide, C. rhombotum, C. rugabasis, C. salvatoris, C. sartoriusi, C. singuense, C. speciosa, C. supragranosum (syn. C. splendens), C. tarltonense, C. tegulum, C. tricolor, C. tropica, C. virginicum, C. wagneri, C. zizyphinum
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. bella, C. cammani, C. caribbeanum, C. covacevichi, C. depressa, C. deshayesi, C. doliarum, C. dryope, C. etchegoinense, C. ikebei, C. interruptum, C. kikaianum, C. kleppi, C. laureatum, C. mapucherum, C. nicolum, C. nudum, C. papilla, C. poppelacki, C. silicatum, C. singunese, C. sinistrorsum, C. striphna, C. styricum, C. subexcavata, C. tauromiliare, C. yucatecanum, C. zonamesta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Calliostoma Swainson
1904Calliostoma Martin p. 255
1925Calliostoma Mansfield p. 58
1928Calliostoma Nagao p. 90
1944Calliostoma Durham p. 154
1947Calliostoma Gardner p. 617
1948Calliostoma Gardner p. 183
1955Calliostoma Allison p. 410
1957Calliostoma Woodring p. 63
1960Calliostoma MacNeil p. 24
1962Calliostoma Weisbord p. 70
1970Calliostoma Addicott p. 42
1972Calliostoma Perrilliat p. 22
1984Calliostoma Kase p. 63
1987Calliostoma Short and Potter p. 10
1987Calliostoma Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1990Calliostoma Beu et al. p. 404
1992Calliostoma Perrilliat p. 21
1993Calliostoma Wilson p. 62
2001Calliostoma Harzhauser and Mandic p. 692
2001Calliostoma Todd
2001Calliostoma Wienrich p. 396
2002Calliostoma Sepkoski
2005Calliostoma Bouchet et al. pp. 42, 245
2006Calliostoma Perrilliat et al. p. 152
2010Calliostoma 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

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.

G. Calliostoma Swainson 1840
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Subg. Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) Clench and Turner 1960
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Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) bullisi Clench and Turner 1960
†Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) macsotayi Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
†Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) pascaleae Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Subg. Calliostoma (Eutrochus) Adams 1864
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†Eutrochus chiemiensis Guembel 1861
Subg. Calliostoma (Fautor) Iredale 1924
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†Calliostoma (Fautor) numapum Darragh and Kendrick 2000
Subg. Calliostoma (Pulchrastele) Iredale 1929
Subg. †Calliostoma (Salsipotens) Iredale 1924
Subg. †Calliostoma (Sinutor) Cotton 1935
Subg. Calliostoma (Ziziphinus) Gray 1847
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†Ziziphinus joannis Kittl 1899
†Ziziphinus ogilviae Kittl 1894
Calliostoma annulatum Lightfoot 1786
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Invalid names: Calliostoma virgineus Chemnitz 1789 [synonym]
†Calliostoma aphelium Dall 1892
†Calliostoma arnoldi Dickerson 1913
†Calliostoma attrina Mansfield 1925
†Calliostoma augustinensis Hertlein 1928
†Calliostoma bellicosum Ihering 1907
†Calliostoma bellum Conrad 1834
†Calliostoma blanfordi Noetling 1895
†Calliostoma boscianum Brongniart 1823
†Calliostoma calvertanum Martin 1904
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Invalid names: Trochus doliarius Chemnitz 1788 [synonym]
†Calliostoma carsoni Addicott 1970
†Calliostoma castilla Olsson 1922
†Calliostoma ceramicum Dall 1892
†Calliostoma cirrus White 1887
†Calliostoma coalingensis Arnold 1909
†Calliostoma contextum Seguenza 1885
†Calliostoma conuliforme Seguenza 1885
†Calliostoma cragini Stanton 1947
†Calliostoma decamposi Maury 1924
†Calliostoma delazinensis Weaver 1912
†Calliostoma derbyi Maury 1924
†Calliostoma eboreus Wagner 1839
†Calliostoma exile Dall 1892
†Calliostoma flumenvadum Gardner 1947
Calliostoma gemmulatum Carpenter 1864
†Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917
†Calliostoma grantianum Berry 1940
†Calliostoma granulata Perrilliat et al. 2006
†Calliostoma hannibali Hertlein and Jordan 1927
†Calliostoma humile Conrad 1830
†Calliostoma irerense Harzhauser et al. 2017
†Calliostoma kempiana Cooper 1894
†Calliostoma kerri Arnold 1909
†Calliostoma lawsoni Clark 1918
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Invalid names: Calliostoma costatum Martyn 1784 [synonym]
†Calliostoma lignitica Cooper 1896
†Calliostoma limonensis Olsson 1922
†Calliostoma mea Tegland 1933
†Calliostoma metrium Dall 1892
†Calliostoma mirificum Jung 1971
†Calliostoma mohtatae Harzhauser et al. 2017
†Calliostoma monile Reeve 1863
†Calliostoma negroensis Rossi de Garcia and Levy 1959
†Calliostoma noduliferum Nelson 1870
Calliostoma nonurum Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Calliostoma parkeri Durham 1944
†Calliostoma peralveatum Conrad 1841
†Calliostoma pirabicum Maury 1924
†Calliostoma promense Vredenburg 1921
Calliostoma puelchanum Borchert 1901
†Calliostoma radiatum Gabb 1869
†Calliostoma reclusus Conrad 1830
†Calliostoma retectum Maury 1924
†Calliostoma rhombotoide Gardner 1947
†Calliostoma rhombotum Mansfield 1925
†Calliostoma rugabasis Gardner 1947
†Calliostoma salvatoris Gemmellaro 1911
†Calliostoma sartoriusi Gemmellaro 1911
†Calliostoma singuense Vredenburg 1921
†Calliostoma speciosa Adams 1854
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Invalid names: Calliostoma splendens Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
†Calliostoma tegulum Olsson 1964
†Calliostoma tropica Anderson 1929
†Calliostoma virginicum Conrad 1875
†Calliostoma wagneri Dall 1892
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Venustas [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height43.482.009.902.733.73

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
Comments: DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on ten randomly selected figured species. LIFE HISTORY: Browsing carnivore according to Todd (2001).g
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 Ladinian to the top of the Holocene or 242.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (508 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy C. semipunctatus, C. sp. (138255)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Ziziphinus ogilviae (144631)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru C. interruptum (71786)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru C. concavum (68096) C. koerneri (68119)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France C. sinistrorsum, C. deshayesi (39215)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France C. deshayesi (39380)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Messina) C. contextum, C. sartoriusi, C. conuliforme, C. salvatoris (173593)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan C. ojii (91333)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Venezuela C. sp. (1858)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) C. cragini (1890)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan C. sp. (91297)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar C. elegantissima (98244)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) C. cragini (37561)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. sp. (94265)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand C. decapitata (78370 83523)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Eutrochus chiemiensis (213668)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland C. sp. (22943)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) C. sp. (84335)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland C. sp. (22944)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) C. sp. (205393)