''Carinastele'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
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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=taxdetail ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Carinastele'' include:
* ''
Carinastele coronata
''Carinastele coronata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in ...
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Marshall, 1988
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Carinastele jugosa
''Carinastele jugosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in t ...
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Marshall, 1988
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Carinastele kristelleae
''Carinastele kristelleae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country ...
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Marshall, 1988
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Carinastele niceterium
''Carinastele niceterium'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
Description
(Original description by Hedley & May) The height of the shell attains 7 mm. The thin, imperforate shell has a co ...
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(Hedley & May, 1908)
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Carinastele wareni
''Carinastele wareni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae
Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2013). Calliostom ...
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Vilvens, 2014
References
* Marshall B.A. (1988) ''Thysanodontinae: A new subfamily of the Trochidae (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies 54: 215–229. page(s): 220
Calliostomatidae
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