Astele monile

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Astele monile
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Drawing of a shell of Astele monile
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Astele
Species:
A. monile
Binomial name
Astele monile
(Reeve, 1863) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Calliostoma (Astele) monile(Reeve, L.A., 1863)
  • Calliostoma (Laetifautor) monile(Reeve, 1863)
  • Laetifautor monilis(Reeve, 1863)
  • Zizyphinus monileReeve, 1863

Astele monile, common name the Australian necklace, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae. [2]

Contents

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

Description

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

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.

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References

  1. ↑ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f 39 (1863)
  2. 1 2 Astele monile (Reeve, 1863) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Calliostoma monile)
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