Callostracon amabile (Watson, 1886)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Acteonimorpha | |
Superfamily | Acteonoidea | |
Family | Acteonidae | |
Genus | Callostracon | |
Species | Callostracon amabile (R. B. Watson, 1883) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 605984). |
- Actaeon amabilis Watson, 1886 (original)
- Colostracon amabile (Watson, 1886)
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Amabile. From Latin “amabilis”, amiable, pleasant, lovely, attractive, delightful, worthy to be loved, lovable.
Distribution
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References for the species: Callostracon amabile
- Canarias: Nordsieck (1972), Nordsieck and García-Talavera (1979), Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003).
Madeira: Nordsieck (1972), Nordsieck and García-Talavera (1979, as C. (Ovactaeonina) amabilis).
Azores: Watson (1883, 1886, both as Acteon), Dautzenberg (1889, as Acteon), Dautzenberg and Fisher (1897, as Acteon), Nordsieck (1972, as Callostracon (Ovacteonina)), Mikkelsen (1995), Malaquias (2001).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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More pictures
- We have no (more) pictures for Callostracon amabile
Bibliography
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2021. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
Cervera, J. L., G. Calado, C. Gavaia, M. A. E. Malaquías, J. Templado, M. Ballesteros, J. C. García-Gómez, and C. Megina. 2004. An annotated and updated checklist of the opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Spain and Portugal (including islands and archipelagos). Boletín Instituto Español de Oceanografía, 20 (1-4): 1-111. L.
Flanders Marine Institute. 2018. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. (http://www.marineregions.org/).
Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
McDonald, G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz).
Moro, L., J. L. Martín Esquivel, M. J. Garrido Sanahuja, and I. Izquierdo Zamora. 2003. Lista de especies marinas de Canarias (algas, hongos, plantas y animales). Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.
Watson, R. B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by HMS Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Zoology : 15 (part 42): 1-756, pl. 1-50 and Caecidae pl. 1-3.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2021. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. (http://www.marinespecies.org).
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Callostracon amabile" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 17/05/2015. Accessed: 24/01/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/6lzRk)