Oxystele sinensis

Oxystele sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Oxystele
Species: O. sinensis
Binomial name
Oxystele sinensis
(Gmelin, 1791) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Diloma sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Oxystele capensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Trochus sinensis Gmelin, 1791

Oxystele sinensis, common name the pink-lipped topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 51 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay to South Transkei, South Africa

References

  1. Gmelin, Syst. Nat., xiii, p. 3583.
  2. 1 2 Oxystele sinensis (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

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