Astele bularra

Astele bularra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Astele
Species:
A. bularra
Binomial name
Astele bularra
Garrard, 1961
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma bularra (Garrard, 1961)
  • Calliostoma (Astele) bularra (Garrard, T.A., 1961)

Astele bularra, common name the necklace top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 29 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indo-Malaysia, the eastern coast of Australia and South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Astele bularra Garrard, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4–19
  • "Calliostoma (Astele) bularra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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