Calliotectum

Calliotectum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]

Calliotectum
Shell of Calliotectum egregium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Calliotectum
Dall, 1890
Synonyms[1]
  • † Butonius K. Martin, 1933
  • Howellia Clench & Aguayo, 1941
  • Mangilia (Calliotectum) Dall, 1890
  • † Pakaurangia Finlay, 1926
  • Prodallia Bartsch, 1942
  • Teramachia Kuroda, 1931

Description

The shell shows a dark vernicose periostracum. There is no differentiated siphonal canal, anal sulcus or fasciole. The shell is axially ribbed. The columella is thin and twisted. The axis is impervious. The outer lip is simple, arcuate, thin, not internally lirate. The operculum is like that of Fusinus, but arcuate. The animal is blind, without radula or poison gland. Type species: Calliotectum vernicosum Dall, 1890.

Species

Species within the genus Calliotectum include:

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References
  1. Calliotectum Dall, 1890. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Calliotectum dalli (Bartsch, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Calliotectum egregium Bouchet & Poppe, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Calliotectum mirabile (Clench & Aguayo, 1941). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Calliotectum piersonorum Bouchet & Poppe, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Calliotectum smithi (Bartsch, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Calliotectum tibiaeforme (Kuroda, 1931). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. Calliotectum vernicosum Dall, 1890. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.
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