Colostracon thyrrenicum Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996
Callostracon thyrrenicum Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996
Bathyal Mollusca from the cold-water coral biotope of Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulian margin, southern Italy)
Negri, Mauro Pietro
Corselli, Cesare
Zootaxa
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Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996
Smriglio & Mariottini
1996
[151,839,512,538]
Gastropoda
Acteonidae
Callostracon
Animalia
80
81
Mollusca
species
thyrrenicum
Colostracon thyrrenicum Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996(p. 184, figs. 1–5). Callostracon thyrrenicum Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996— Repetto et al. 2005(p. 254, mid-left fig.); Repetto & Bianco 2012(p. 40, fig. 4). Diagnostic characters. Ovate shell; drop-shaped aperture; thin parietal callus deep inside the aperture; weak columellar fold; close-set spiral rows of oval pits connected in a chain-like pattern. Protoconch: heterostrophic, submerged, nearly globose; slightly more than 1 visible whorl; diameter about 700 µm; surface smooth; transition to the teleoconch marked by a thin orthocline lip.
Remarks. The specimens fully conform to the types figured by Smriglio & Mariottini (1996). The genus “ Callostracon”, as used by Smriglio & Mariottini (1996)after Nordsieck (1972), is a subsequent incorrect spelling of ColostraconHamlin, 1884, a Mesozoic genus (cf. Bouchet 2012). The same generic name Callostraconwas proposed by Repetto & Bianco (2012)for Mediterranean species. Occurrence. Box-corer samples BC71 (2 specimens), BC72 (1); core BC52 (1). Maximum height: 5 mm.
Distribution and habitat. Callostracon thyrrenicumis distributed in the central Mediterranean, from the NorthernThyrrenian Sea to Malta, dwelling on coral banks and muddy bottoms at 400–600 mdepth ( Smriglio & Mariottini 1996; Smriglio et al.1998). It has been regarded as an element of the CB bathyal biocoenosis ( Smriglio & Mariottini 1996). Fossil record.None recorded.