''Callostracon'' is a

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Acteonidae Acteonidae, common name the "barrel bubble snails", is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks of the informal group Lower Heterobranchia.Bouchet, P. (2012). Acteonidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

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Nomenclature

When they described ''Callostracon tyrrhenicum'', Smriglio & Mariottini combined the specific epithet with ''Callostracon'' as used by Nordsieck (1972). The latter, however, is a misspelling of ''Colostracon'' Hamlin, 1884, a genus of Mesozoic caenogastropods unrelated to the Recent Mediterranean species. Recognizing this situation, Repetto & Bianco established the name ''Callostracon'' for the Mediterranean species. ''Callostracon'' Repetto & Bianco, 2012, is not a junior homonym of "Callostracon" as used by Nordsieck, as the latter is an incorrect subsequent spelling, and thus not a nomenclaturally available name.

Species

* '' Callostracon amabile'' (R. B. Watson, 1883) * '' Callostracon chariis'' (R. B. Watson, 1883) * '' Callostracon tyrrhenicum'' (Smriglio & Mariottini, 1996)

References

* Repetto G. & Bianco I. (2012) Callostracon n. gen. (Gastropoda: Acteonidae): ratifica di "Callostracon" Nordsieck, 1972 nome non disponibile. Bollettino Malacologico 48(1): 38-41 {{Taxonbar, from=Q18586467 Acteonidae Taxa described in 2012