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Calliostomatidae

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Calliostoma sp.

Barton-on-Sea, New Milton, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK

Calliostoma sp.

Barton-on-Sea, New Milton, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK

Calliostoma sp.

Barton-on-Sea, New Milton, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK

Description

Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliostomatidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	6811	https://www.gbif.org/species/6811
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	110057	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110057

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Calliostomatidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Calliostomatidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
superfamily	Trochoidea
family	Calliostomatidae	Thiele 1924

Scientific Name

Calliostomatidae

Name Published In

Thiele J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 11: 47-74, 1 pl.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Calliostomatidae	family	belongs to Trochoidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (40%)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Trochoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Trochoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliostomatidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Callotrochinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		4	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Thysanodontinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Akoya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astele genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Bathyfautor genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Benthastelena genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Bruceina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calliostoma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		658	242 Ma Middle Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Callotrochus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Carinastele genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carinator ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Coralastele genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dactylastele genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Falsimargarita genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fautor genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fautrix genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Kittlitrochus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Laetifautor genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Margarella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Maurea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	61.6 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Metaconulus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Omphalotukaia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Otukaia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Phenacomargarites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Photinastoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Photinula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Selastele genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sensuitrochus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sinutor genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thysanodonta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Tristichotrochus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venustas genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venustatrochus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xeniostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1924	Calliostomatidae Thiele
2005	Calliostomatidae Bouchet et al. p. 245

References

Harzhauser M. (2007) Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific., Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280, 75-121

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CAAB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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)

CoL2006/ITIS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. - via World Register of Marine Species

Thiele J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 11: 47-74, 1 pl. - via World Register of Marine Species

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