Astele pulcherrima

Astele pulcherrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Astele pulcherrima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Astele
Species:
A. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Astele pulcherrima
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
  • Calliostoma (Coralastele) pulcherrimus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914)
  • Eutrochus pulcherrimus G.B. Sowerby III, 1914

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Taxonomic remark: Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Coralastele)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Astele pulcherrima (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467146 on 2012-12-07
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Calliostoma (Coralastele) pulcherrimus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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