Abstract
Two new species of calliotropid gastropods, Calliotropis (Riselloidea) faustiankensis sp. nov. and Calliotropis (Riselloidea) lukovensis sp. nov., are described from the Middle Jurassic (Middle Bathonian−Upper Callovian) of Poland. Additionally, new excellently preserved shells of Calliotropis (Riselloidea) biarmata (Münster) allow redefinition of this species. The new morphological information obtained from these three fossil species of Calliotropis in combination with the dataset assembled from 20 extinct and 24 living calliotropids is here summarized in quantitative multivariate and principal component analyses suggesting an onshore-offshore trend in calliotropid gastropod evolution from the Triassic to Recent times. This trend, which is expressed in the morphology of shells, shows that the Mesozoic species are mostly shallow water, while Cenozoic and Recent taxa are mostly deep water. The distinction supports earlier suggestions that the genus Calliotropis can be subdivided into two temporal subgenera belonging to the family Eucyclidae Koken.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C8362FB8-966A-4322-95D5-7151CED20476
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