Astele monile

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

Astele monile
Drawing of a shell of Astele monile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Astele
Species:
A. monile
Binomial name
Astele monile
(Reeve, 1863) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calliostoma (Astele) monile (Reeve, L.A., 1863)
  • Zizyphinus monile Reeve, 1863

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 occurs off Western Australia.

References
  1. Reeve, Conch. Icon., f 39 (1863)
  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)
  • "Calliostoma (Astele) monile". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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