WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Calliostoma coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1880)

AphiaID

532514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532514)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Calliostoma Swainson, 1840

Original name

Trochus (Ziziphinus) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1880

Synonymised names

Calliostoma (Calliostoma) coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1880) · alternative representation

Calliostoma (Calliostoma) coppingeri var. major Castellanos & D. E. Fernandez, 1976 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trochus (Ziziphinus) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1880 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Trochus (Ziziphinus) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). Descriptions of five new species of shells from Uruguay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 6 (34): 319–322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170544
page(s): 320. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Rio de la Plata

type locality contained in Rio de la Plata [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma coppingeri (E. A. Smith, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532514 on 2026-10-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-15 08:28:27Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-15 08:54:50Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2021-04-09 13:13:43Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Calliostoma (Calliostoma) coppingeri var. major Castellanos & D. E. Fernandez, 1976) Castellanos, Z. J. A. de & Fernández, D. E. (1976). Los géneros Calliostoma y Neocalliostoma del mar Argentino con especial referencia al área subantártica. Revista del Museo de La Plata (nueva serie), Sección Zoología. 12(116): 135–156., available online at https://publicaciones.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/rmlp/article/view/1975
page(s): 144 [details]

original description (of Trochus (Ziziphinus) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1880) Smith, E. A. (1880). Descriptions of five new species of shells from Uruguay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 6 (34): 319–322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170544
page(s): 320. [details]

Other

additional source Dornellas A.P.S. & Simone, L.R.L. (2011). Bivalves in the stomach contents of Calliostoma coppingeri (Callistomatidae: Gastropoda). Strombus. 18 (1/2): 1-14. [details]