Oxystele sinensis

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Oxystele sinensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
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 sinensisGmelin, 1791


The pink-lipped topshell (Oxystele sinensis) also known as the rosy-base topsnail, [3] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

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Description

The pink-lipped topshell has monomorphic purplish-black shell with a crimson inner lip. [4] The shell in adults is between 18 mm and 51 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from False Bay to South Transkei near the Mbashe River, South Africa. [5] [6]

Ecology

Especially small individuals of this species that live in the intertidal zone are predated upon by rock lobsters. Larger individuals largely escape this predator by migrating to deeper waters, where they find a size refuge. [5]

Related Research Articles

<i>Diloma</i> Genus of gastropods

Diloma is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Diloma aethiops</i> Species of gastropod

Diloma aethiops, whose common names include scorched monodont, spotted black topshell, and in the Māori language pūpū, pūpū-mai, or māihi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, subfamily Monodontinae.

<i>Diloma bicanaliculatum</i> Species of gastropod

Diloma bicanaliculatum, common name the knobbed top shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Trochidae, the top snails. The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

<i>Diloma nigerrimum</i> Species of gastropod

The bluish top shell is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod, in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Jasus lalandii</i> Species of spiny lobster of the family Palinuridae from South Africa

Jasus lalandii, the Cape rock lobster or West Coast rock lobster or South African rock lobster, is a species of spiny lobster found off the coast of Southern Africa. It is not known whom the specific epithet lalandii commemorates, although it may the French naturalist and taxonomer Pierre Antoine Delalande.

<i>Hexaplex cichoreum</i> Species of gastropod

Hexaplex cichoreum, common name the "endive murex", is a medium-sized species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex shells or rock snails.

<i>Gibbula capensis</i> Species of gastropod

Gibbula capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Gibbula multicolor</i> Species of gastropod

Gibbula multicolor, common name the multicoloured topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Oxystele fulgurata</i> Species of gastropod

Oxystele fulgurata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Monodonta labio</i> Species of gastropod

Monodonta labio, common name the toothed top shell or the lipped periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Oxystele impervia</i> Species of gastropod

Oxystele impervia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Oxystele tabularis</i> Species of gastropod

Oxystele tabularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Oxystele variegata</i> Species of gastropod

Oxystele variegata, common name the variegated topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Trochus maculatus</i> Species of gastropod

Trochus maculatus, common name the maculated top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Trochus radiatus</i> Species of gastropod

Trochus radiatus, common name the radiate top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Monodonta</i> Genus of gastropods

Monodonta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Oxystele</i> Genus of sea snails

Oxystele is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails. Although previously suggested as a subgenus of Diloma, genetic analysis has shown it to be more appropriate as its own genus.

<i>Austrocochlea constellata</i> Species of gastropod

Austrocochlea constellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

<i>Oxystele merula</i> Species of gastropod

Oxystele merula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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.
  3. ↑ "Oxystele sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Heller, J.; Dempster, Y. (1991). "Detection of two coexisting species of Oxystele (Gastropoda: Trochidae) by morphological and electrophoretic analyses". Journal of Zoology . 223 (3): 395–418. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1991.tb04773.x.
  5. 1 2 van Zyl, R.F.; Mayfield, S.; Pulfrich, A.; Griffiths, C.L. (1998). "Predation by West Coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) on two species of winkle (Oxystele sinensis and Turbo cidaris)". South African Journal of Zoology . 33 (4): 203–209. doi:10.1080/02541858.1998.11448473.
  6. ↑ Herbert, D. G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). p. 1.


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