Astele

Astele
Drawing of a shell of Astele armillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Astele
Swainson, 1855
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistele Cotton & Godfrey, 1935
  • Coralastele Iredale, 1930
  • Eutrochus A. Adams, 1864
  • Salsipotens Iredale, 1924

Astele is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Some authors use Astele Swainson, 1855 as a subgenus in Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 and in Astele Swainson, 1855

Species

Species within the genus Astele include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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