Callostracon
Genus of gastropods
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Callostracon is a genus of small sea snails, predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails.[1]
| Callostracon | |
|---|---|
| |
| Shell of Callostracon amabile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subterclass: | Acteonimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acteonoidea |
| Family: | Acteonidae |
| Genus: | Callostracon Repetto & Bianco, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Colostracon tyrrhenicum Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Callostracon sensu F. Nordsieck, 1972 (ncorrect subsequent spelling of Colostracon Hamlin, 1884; not an available name) | |
Nomenclature
When they described Callostracon tyrrhenicum, Smriglio & Mariottini combined the specific epithet with Callostracon as used by Nordsieck (1972). The latter, however, is a misspelling of Colostracon Hamlin, 1884, a genus of Mesozoic caenogastropods unrelated to the Recent Mediterranean species. Recognizing this situation, Repetto & Bianco established the name Callostracon for the Mediterranean species. Callostracon Repetto & Bianco, 2012, is not a junior homonym of "Callostracon" as used by Nordsieck, as the latter is an incorrect subsequent spelling, and thus not a nomenclaturally available name.[1]
Species
- Callostracon amabile (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Callostracon chariis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Callostracon tyrrhenicum (Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996)
