Astele monile
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| Drawing of a shell of Astele monile | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Astele |
| Species: | A. monile
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| Astele monile | |
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Astele monile, common name the Australian necklace, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Astele)
Description
[edit | edit source]The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 25 mm. The shell has an erectly conical shape but is rather swollen at the base. It is transparent white, encircled by a necklace of violet spots. The whorls are concavely sloping, spirally ridged. These ridges are smooth with the two basal ridges more prominent. The necklace of violet spots has an exceedingly pretty appearance on the delicate transparent ground of the shell.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f 39 (1863)
- ^ a b Astele monile (Reeve, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Calliostoma monile)
- Wilson, B. R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
External links
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- Jansen, P. 2000. A preliminary checklist of the recent Australian Trochidae
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