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Taxonomy
Family:
EUCYCLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Eucyclidae (Family)
> Calliotropis (Genus)
> infundibulum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Calliotropis (Solaricida) infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Margarita infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Margarita infundibulum var. diomedeae A.E. Verrill, 1893
=Solaricida infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Solariella infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Trochus (Margarita) infundibulum R.B. Watson, 1879
Images: Calliotropis infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
2400-2450 metres, Lord Howe Rise, SE of Lord Howe Island
2400-2450 metres, Lord Howe Rise, SE of Lord Howe Island
Taxonomy
Family:
EUCYCLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Eucyclidae (Family)
> Calliotropis (Genus)
> infundibulum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Calliotropis (Solaricida) infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Margarita infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Margarita infundibulum var. diomedeae A.E. Verrill, 1893
=Solaricida infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Solariella infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
=Trochus (Margarita) infundibulum R.B. Watson, 1879
Details: Calliotropis infundibulum (R.B. Watson, 1879)
Size/Grows to:
Width 20mm, Height 19mm
Distribution:
North-eastern NZ, between Kermadec Ridge and East Cape. Also Atlantic, North America, Brazil, South Africa, Atlantic-Indian-Antarctic Basin. 230 - 3259 metres
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Vilvens, C. 2007 New species and new records of Calliotropis (Gastropoda: Chilodontidae: Calliotropinae) from Indo-Pacific, Novapex Hors Serie, 5 (p.11)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.531)
  • Watson, R.B. 1879 Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera Dentalium, Siphodentalium, and Cadulus, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 14 (p.707) 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