WoRMS taxon details
Calliostomatidae Thiele, 1924 (1847)
382180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382180)
accepted
Family
Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (type by original designation)
- Subfamily Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924 (1847)
- Genus Akoya T. Habe, 1961
- Genus Astele Swainson, 1855
- Genus Bathyfautor B. A. Marshall, 1995
- Genus Benthastelena Iredale, 1936
- Genus Calliostoma Swainson, 1840
- Genus Callitrochilia Gain, Belliard & Le Renard, 2020 †
- Genus Carinator Ikebe, 1942 †
- Genus Coralastele Iredale, 1930
- Genus Dactylastele B. A. Marshall, 1995
- Genus Fautor Iredale, 1924
- Genus Laetifautor Iredale, 1929
- Genus Maurea W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
- Genus Neocalliostoma Castellanos & D. E. Fernández, 1976
- Genus Omphalotukaia Yoshida, 1948
- Genus Otukaia Ikebe, 1942
- Genus Photinastoma A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Genus Photinula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Genus Sinutor Cotton & Godfrey, 1935
- Genus Tristichotrochus Ikebe, 1942
- Genus Venustas R. S. Allan, 1926 †
- Genus Venustatrochus A. W. B. Powell, 1951
- Genus Dymares Schwengel, 1942 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Alertalex Dell, 1956 accepted as Maurea (Alertalex) Dell, 1956 represented as Maurea W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 (synonym)
- Genus Ampullotrochus Monterosato, 1890 accepted as Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) Monterosato, 1890 represented as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840
- Genus Astelena Iredale, 1924 accepted as Astele Swainson, 1855
- Tribe Calliostomatini Thiele, 1924 (1847) accepted as Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924 (1847)
- Genus Calliotropis W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 accepted as Maurea W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 (non L. Seguenza, 1903: Calotropis Thiele, 1929 is replacement name)
- Genus Callistoma Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (emendation for Calliostoma Swainson, 1840)
- Genus Callistomus Herrmannsen, 1846 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (emendation for Calliostoma Swainson, 1840)
- Genus Calotropis Thiele, 1929 accepted as Maurea W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Conulus Nardo, 1841 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (objective synonym)
- Genus Elmerlinia Clench & R. D. Turner, 1960 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840
- Genus Eucasta Dall, 1889 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Eutrochus A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Astele Swainson, 1855 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Fluxina Dall, 1881 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Jacinthinus Monterosato, 1889 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (objective synonym)
- Genus Kingotrochus Ihering, 1902 accepted as Photinula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (objective synonym)
- Genus Kombologion Clench & R. D. Turner, 1960 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840
- Genus Leiotrochus Conrad, 1862 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840
- Genus Mauriella W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 accepted as Maurea W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Mucrinops H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Maurea W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Salsipotens Iredale, 1924 accepted as Astele Swainson, 1855
- Genus Spicator Cotton & Godfrey, 1935 accepted as Laetifautor Iredale, 1929
- Genus Tropidotrochus Parodiz, 1977 † accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Venustas H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Maurea W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 (Officially rejected name: ICZN Opinion 479, 1957)
- Genus Ziziphinus J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Zizyphinus [sic] accepted as Ziziphinus J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 (incorrect subsequent spelling [by Gray, 1847] of Ziziphinus Gray, 1842)
- Subfamily Callotrochinae J. Szabó, 2011 †
- Subfamily Fautricinae B. A. Marshall, 1995
- Subfamily Margarellinae S. T. Williams, 2013
- Genus Margarella Thiele, 1893
- Genus Margaritella Thiele, 1891 accepted as Margarella Thiele, 1893 (Invalid: junior homonym of Margaritella Meek & Hayden, 1860; Margarella is a replacement name)
- Genus Metaconulus Cossmann, 1918 †
- Subfamily Thysanodontinae B. A. Marshall, 1988
- Genus Bruceina Özdikmen, 2013
- Genus Carinastele B. A. Marshall, 1988
- Genus Thysanodonta B. A. Marshall, 1988
- Genus Herbertina B. A. Marshall, 1988 accepted as Bruceina Özdikmen, 2013 (invalid: junior homonym of Herbertina Schaus, 1901 [Lepidoptera]; Bruceina is a replacement name)
- Subfamily Xeniostomatinae J. H. McLean, 2012
- Tribe Fautricini B. A. Marshall, 1995 accepted as Fautricinae B. A. Marshall, 1995
- Subfamily Ziziphininae Gray, 1847 accepted as Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924 (1847)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924 (1847)) Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11(1): 47-74. [details] Available for editors 
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Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a...
Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Zizyphinidae Gray, 1847] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calliostomatidae Thiele, 1924 (1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382180 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924 (1847)) Thiele, J. (1924). Revision des Systems der Trochacea. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin.</em> 11(1): 47-74. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors
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status source
Marshall, B. A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the northern Lord Howe Rise. <em>in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 167: 381-458., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58833471 [details]
Other
additional source
Marshall, B. A. (1995). A revision of the Recent <i>Calliostoma</i> species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 108(4): 83-127, 144 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273331 [details]
additional source Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of <i>Venustatrochus</i> Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of <i>Falsimargarita</i> Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 36: 119-141., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1128586 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marshall, B. A. (2016). New species of <i>Venustatrochus</i> Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of <i>Falsimargarita</i> Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 36: 119-141., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1128586 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature Family names cited with two dates (the second one in parentheses) are those ruled by Article 40(2) of ICZN. "If ... a family-group name was replaced before 1961 because of the synonymy of the type genus, the replacement name is to be maintained if it is in prevailing usage. A name maintained by virtue of this Article retains its own author [and date, the first date cited] but takes the priority of the replaced name [the date cited in parentheses, here alluding to Zizyphinidae Gray, 1847] [details]
