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Astele bularra

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Species of gastropod

Astele bularra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Astele
Species: A. bularra
Binomial name
Astele bularra
Garrard, 1961
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma bularra (Garrard, 1961)
  • Calliostoma (Astele) bularra (Garrard, T.A., 1961)

Astele bularra, common name the necklace top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Astele)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 29 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2013)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indo-Malaysia, the eastern coast of Australia and South Africa.

References

  1. Astele bularra Garrard, 1961. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Poppe G.T. (2004) Descriptions of spectacular new species from the Philippines (Gastropoda - Trochidae, Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(1): 4–19

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Taxon identifiers
Astele bularra


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