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Calliostoma ligatum

Description

Calliostoma ligatum, common name the blue top snail, is a small prosobranch trochid gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae, the Calliostoma top snails.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2293319https://www.gbif.org/species/2293319
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90507https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90507
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Calliostomatidae : Calliostoma : Calliostoma ligatum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochidae : Calliostoma : Calliostoma ligatum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superorderVetigastropodaSalvini-Plawen 1980
superfamilyTrochoidea
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCalliostomatinaeThiele 1924
genusCalliostomaSwainson 1840
speciesCalliostoma ligatumGould 1849
Generic NameCalliostoma
Scientific NameCalliostoma ligatum (Gould, 1849)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Calliostoma ligatumspeciesbelongs to Calliostomastated without evidenceWoodring and Bramlette, 1950
Calliostoma ligatumspeciesbelongs to CalliostomaimpliedAddicott, 1959
Calliostoma ligatumspeciesbelongs to Calliostomastated with evidenceAbbott, 1974
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Calliostoma)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Calliostoma)
Taphonomythin,minor ribbing (based on Calliostoma)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. P. Woodring and M.N. Bramlette. 1950. Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria District California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 222
Common Name(s) Blue Topsnail
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliostoma_ligatum

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Trochus ligatus Gould, 1849GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Calliostomatidae : Calliostoma : Trochus ligatus
Trochus castaneus Forbes, 1852GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Calliostomatidae : Calliostoma : Trochus castaneus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1849Trochus ligatus Gould
1950Calliostoma ligatum Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
1959Calliostoma ligatum Addicott p. 15
1974Calliostoma ligatum Abbott

References

Woodring W. P., Bramlette M.N. (1950) Geology and paleontology of the Santa Maria District California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 222
Addicott W. O. (1959) Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico, American Museum Novitates 1925, 1-33
Abbott R. T. (1974) , American Seashells: The marine Mollusca of the Alantic and Pacific coasts of North America, 1-663
Tuskes P.M. & McGowan-Tuskes A. (2019) Calliostoma and Akoya of the Californian Marine Province (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae): The Festivus. 51(1): 11-28 - via Catalogue of Life
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Tuskes P.M. & McGowan-Tuskes A. (2019). Calliostoma and Akoya of the Californian Marine Province (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae). The Festivus. 51(1): 11-28. - via World Register of Marine Species
Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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