Callostracon
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image_caption = Shell of Callostracon amabile
| taxon = Callostracon
| authority = Repetto & Bianco, 2012
| type_species = Colostracon tyrrhenicum Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996
| synonyms= Callostracon sensu F. Nordsieck, 1972 (ncorrect subsequent spelling of Colostracon Hamlin, 1884; not an available name)
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Callostracon is a genus of small sea snails, predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acteonidae, the barrel bubble snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Callostracon Repetto & Bianco, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605951 on 2024-03-29 {{cc-notice|cc=by4|from this source=yes}}
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.
Species
- Callostracon amabile (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Callostracon chariis (R. B. Watson, 1883)
- Callostracon tyrrhenicum (Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996)
References
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- Repetto G. & Bianco I. (2012) Callostracon n. gen. (Gastropoda: Acteonidae): ratifica di "Callostracon" Nordsieck, 1972 nome non disponibile. Bollettino Malacologico 48(1): 38-41
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