Calliostomatidae

Calliostomatidae
An apertural view of a shell of Calliostoma selectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Thiele, 1924 (1847)
Genera and species

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Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.[1]

Description

The Calliostomatidae are unusually diverse. They are characterized by a stepped spire and a pointy aperture. They may possess or lack an umbilicus. The columella is sometimes thicker, partially covering the aperture. The spiral whorls can differ between narrow and robust. They inhabit a wide range of ocean habitats, from the intertidal zone to mid-bathyal depths.

Taxonomy

For a long time, this taxon was considered to be a subfamily of the Trochidae.

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):[2]

2008 taxonomy

According to Williams et al. (2008)[3] the Calliostomatidae stays in Trochoidea. Up to 2008 there were only two species Calliostoma javanicum and Calliostoma unicum that were used in molecular phylogeny studies.[3]

2010 taxonomy

The first molecular phylogeny study of the family Calliostomatidae was made by Williams et al. (2010)[4] Based on molecular data, they confirmed that Thysanodontinae Marshall, 1988 belongs to the family Calliostomatidae,.[4] It was already previously placed there based on morphological data.[4]

Genera

Genera included in this family:[5]

Calliostomatinae[6]
Margarellinae Williams, 2013
Thysanodontinae
[7]
Xeniostomatinae [8]
subfamily ?
Genera brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Gofas, S. (2013). Calliostomatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382180 on 2013-07-08
  2. ↑ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. Issn = 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Williams S. T., Donald K. M., Spencer H. G. & Nakano, T. (2010). "Molecular systematics of the marine gastropod families Trochidae and Calliostomatidae (Mollusca: Superfamily Trochoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(3): 783-809. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.008
  5. ↑ Rosenberg G. (2005). "Malacolog 4.1.0: : A database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca : Calliostomatidae". Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  6. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Calliostomatinae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411630 on 2010-04-22
  7. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Thysanodontinae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391159 on 2010-04-22
  8. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Xeniostomatinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711465 on 2012-12-09

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