Biology:Calliotectum tibiaeforme

Short description: Species of gastropod

Calliotectum tibiaeforme
Shell of Calliotectum tibiaeforme barneli (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Calliotectum
Species:	C. tibiaeforme
Binomial name
Calliotectum tibiaeforme (Kuroda, 1931)
Synonyms
Calliotectum tibiaeforme dupreyae (Emerson, 1985) Calliotectum tibiaeforme tibiaeforme (Kuroda, 1931)· accepted, alternate representation Teramachia dupreyae Emerson, 1985 Teramachia dupreyae arafurensis Douté, 1988 Teramachia dupreyae busseltonensis Douté, 1995 Teramachia johnsoni Bartsch, 1942 Teramachia williamsorum Rehder, 1972

Calliotectum tibiaeforme is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Subspecies

• Calliotectum tibiaeforme barneli Bail, 2006
• Calliotectum tibiaeforme johnsoni (Bartsch, 1942)
• Calliotectum tibiaeforme williamsorum (Rehder, 1972)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines .

References

• Kuroda, T. 1931. Two new species of Volutacea. Venus 3: 45–49 page(s): 45, figs 2,3 [details]
• Bail, P., 2006. A new subspecies of Calliotectum tibiaeforme Kuroda, 1931 (Gastropoda: Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815) from the eastern Celebes Sea. Visaya 1(6): 114–122

Wikidata ☰ Q5022574 entry