WoRMS taxon details
Calliostoma orion Dall, 1889
419422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419422)
accepted
Species
marine
Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 367, pl. 28, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 367, pl. 28, fig. 2 [details]
Note Off Habana, Cuba, in 146 meters
Type locality Off Habana, Cuba, in 146 meters [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma orion Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419422 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 367, pl. 28, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 367, pl. 28, fig. 2 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
redescription
Quinn, J. F., Jr. (1981). The gastropods, <i>Calliostoma orion</i> Dall, 1889 (Trochidae) and <i>Heliacus</i> (<i>Gyriscus</i>) <i>worsfoldi</i> n. sp. (Architectonicidae), from the Bahama Islands. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 95(3): 150-156, figs. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497211 [details]
Other
additional source
Quinn, J. F., Jr. (1992). New species of <i>Calliostoma</i> Swainson, 1840 (Gastropoda: Trochidae), and notes on some poorly known species from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 106(3): 77-114, figs. 1-122., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271323
page(s): 91-92, figs. 39-40 [details]
page(s): 91-92, figs. 39-40 [details]





From editor or global species database
Type locality Off Habana, Cuba, in 146 meters [details]