Astele ciliaris, common name the keeled Australian top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Astele ciliaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Astele |
| Species: | A. ciliaris
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| Astele ciliaris | |
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Notes edit
Additional information regarding this species:[2]
- Taxonomic remark: Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Astele)
Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm. The imperforate shell has a pyramidal shape. It is fulvous, with red spots along the suture. It is transversely striate, decussated by very delicate striae. The base of the shell is plane. The flat whorls are margined below and ciliate-fimbriate above. The aperture ovate-lanceolate. The outer lip is callous-margined inside.[3]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Western Australia.
References edit
- ^ Menke., Moll. Nov. Holl. spec, p. 17.
- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2012). Astele ciliaris (Menke, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467143 on 2012-12-07
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links edit
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Calliostoma (Astele) ciliare". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.