Astele allanae

Astele allanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Astele
Species: A. allanae
Binomial name
Astele allanae
(Iredale, 1930)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma allenae (Iredale, 1930)
  • Coralastele allanae Iredale, 1930

Astele allanae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1] It was named in honour of Joyce Allan.[2]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Coralastele)

Description

The height of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Astele allanae (Iredale, 1930).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  2. "What Women Are Doing - She studies life story of shells". Australian Consolidated Press. Australian Womans Weekly. 25 February 1939. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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