Astele multigrana

Astele multigrana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Astele
Species: A. multigrana
Binomial name
Astele multigrana
(Dunker, 1871) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Astele multigranum sic (misspelling)
  • Calliostoma (Astelena) multigranum (Dunker, 1871)
  • Ziziphinus multigranus Dunker, 1871

Astele multigrana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 14 mm. The light-yellow turreted-conic shell is narrowly umbilicate. The eight whorls are nearly plane. They are encircled by numerous unequal granuliferous riblets. The sutural cingula are elevated, subundulate, spirally striate, and pallidly tessellate. The base of the shell is a little convex. It is covered with about 16 subgranose alternately larger and more delicate riblets. The umbilicus is narrow, surrounded by a white plate. The oblique columella terminates in a pearly denticle. The aperture is subtetragonal.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Australia.

References

  1. Dunker, Mal, Blätt., xviii, p. 169, 1871
  2. 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Astele multigrana (Dunker, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467145 on 2012-12-07
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

External identifiers for Astele multigrana
Encyclopedia of Life 15544182
WoRMS 467145
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