Astele bularra

Astele bularra, common name the necklace top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Astele bularra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Calliostomatidae
Subfamily:
Calliostomatinae
Genus:
Astele
Species:
A. bularra
Binomial name
Astele bularra
Garrard, 1961
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma bularra (Garrard, 1961)
  • Calliostoma (Astele) bularra (Garrard, T.A., 1961)

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

Description

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

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
  • "Calliostoma (Astele) bularra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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