''Astele'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Calliostomatidae
Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2013). Calliostomatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdeta ...
.
Some authors use ''Astele''
Swainson, 1855 as a subgenus in ''
Calliostoma
''Calliostoma'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs within the family Calliostomatidae, the Calliostoma top snails. Previously this genus was placed within the family Trochida ...
''
Swainson, 1840 and in ''Astele''
Swainson, 1855
Species
Species within the genus ''Astele'' include:
* ''
Astele allanae''
(Iredale, 1930)
* ''
Astele armillata''
(Wood, 1828)
* †''
Astele boileaui''
Marwick, 1931
* ''
Astele bularra''
Garrard, 1961
* ''
Astele ciliaris''
(Menke, 1843)
* ''
Astele monile''
(Reeve, 1863)
* ''
Astele multigrana''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''
Astele pulcherrima''
(Sowerby III, 1914)
* ''
Astele punctocostata''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Astele rubiginosa
''Astele rubiginosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele rubiginosa'' (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
''
(Valenciennes, 1846)
* ''
Astele scitula''
(A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Astele similaris''
(Reeve, 1863)
* ''
Astele speciosa''
(A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Astele stenomphala''
E. A. Smith, 1898
* ''
Astele subcarinata''
(Swainson, 1854)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Astele bilix''
Hedley, 1905: synonym of ''
Calliobasis bilix''
(Hedley, 1905)
* ''Astele calliston''
Verco, 1905: synonym of ''
Callistele calliston''
(Verco, 1905)
* ''Astele ciliare''
ic synonym of ''Astele ciliaris''
(Menke, 1843)
* ''Astele multigranum''
ic synonym of ''Astele multigrana''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''Astele nobilis''
Hirase, 1922: synonym of ''
Calliostoma nobile''
(Hirase, 1922)
References
External links
*
Calliostomatidae
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