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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Calliostoma (Genus)
> xanthos (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ampullotrochus Monterosato, 1890
=Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) Monterosato, 1890
=Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Swainson, 1840
=Callistoma Herrmannsen, 1846
=Trochus (Ziziphinus) Gray, 1842
=Trochus (Zizyphinus) Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) heros B.A. Marshall, 1995
=Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) xanthos B.A. Marshall, 1995 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Calliostoma xanthos B.A. Marshall, 1995
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Calliostoma (Genus)
> xanthos (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ampullotrochus Monterosato, 1890
=Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) Monterosato, 1890
=Calliostoma (Calliostoma) Swainson, 1840
=Callistoma Herrmannsen, 1846
=Trochus (Ziziphinus) Gray, 1842
=Trochus (Zizyphinus) Gray, 1847
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) heros B.A. Marshall, 1995
=Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) xanthos B.A. Marshall, 1995 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Calliostoma xanthos B.A. Marshall, 1995
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, 390-490 metres. Off Loyalty Islands, 425 metres
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995 Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom volume 14, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 (p.413) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil