OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Trochidae
Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Conulinae Cossmann in Cossmann & Peyrot, 1916
Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
Calliostomatidae Finlay, 1926
Proconulinae Cox in Knight et al., 1960
Included taxa
Unplaced
Calliostoma Swainson, 1840
Astele Swainson, 1855
Laetifautor Iredale, 1929
Bathyfautor Marshall, 1995
Dactylastele Marshall, 1995
Selastele Marshall, 1995
Fautricini Marshall, 1995
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Keywords
feeding mode: predation
feeds on: animals [ mainly on coelenterate polyps
]
References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.92 [ p. 92-94: species list
p. 143-144: key to genera of the subfamily Calliostomatinae
] General reference
Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. p.107 [ synonymy, living genera, distribution and habitat
] General reference
Marshall, B.A. 1995. p.381 [ places Calliostomatinae in the family Calliostomatidae
] General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.62 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Trochoidea
Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5942) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-06-17.