Calliotectum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]
The genus was first described by William Healey Dall in 1890.[1][2]
The shell shows a dark vernicose periostracum. There is no differentiated siphonal canal, anal sulcus or fasciole. The shell is axially ribbed. The columella is thin and twisted. The axis is impervious. The outer lip is simple, arcuate, thin, not internally lirate. The operculum is like that of Fusinus, but arcuate. The animal is blind, without radula or poison gland. Type species: Calliotectum vernicosum Dall, 1890.
Species of the genus are found off Taiwan, in the East China Sea, Vanuatu, Indonesia, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Philippines, Eastern Pacific, Galapagos Islands, Lubang Island, Wallis and Futuna, Kermadec Islands, Chesterfield Isles, East China Sea, Indonesia, in the Arafura Sea, and off the northern and western coasts of Australia.[3]
Species within the genus Calliotectum include:
Calliotectum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
The genus was first described by William Healey Dall in 1890.
Calliotectum is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).
Calliotectum is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).
Calliotectum là một chi ốc biển, là động vật thân mềm chân bụng sống ở biển trong họ Volutidae.[1]
Các loài thuộc chi Calliotectum bao gồm:
Calliotectum là một chi ốc biển, là động vật thân mềm chân bụng sống ở biển trong họ Volutidae.
