WoRMS taxon details
Calliostoma scotti Kilburn, 1973
467255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:467255)
accepted
Species
Calliostoma (Kombologion) scotti Kilburn, 1973 · alternative representation (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Calliostoma (Kombologion) scotti Kilburn, 1973) Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578.
page(s): 558, figs 1a-c, 2a, b. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 558, figs 1a-c, 2a, b. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
Taxonomy Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion)
Taxonomy Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calliostoma scotti Kilburn, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467255 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Calliostoma (Kombologion) scotti Kilburn, 1973) Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçambique with descriptions of new species and subspecies of <i>Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma</i> and <i>Conus</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(3): 557-578.
page(s): 558, figs 1a-c, 2a, b. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 558, figs 1a-c, 2a, b. [details] Available for editors
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identification resource
Lussi M. (2014). Description of a new species of <i>Calliostoma</i> from eastern South Africa with notes on the genus - (Gastropoda: Verigastropoda: Trochoidea). <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 85: 14-19. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 13 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Calliostoma (Kombologion) [details]
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