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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
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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
Geographical Range:
K
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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil