Astele bularra, common name the necklace top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Genus: | Astele |
| Species: | A. bularra
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| Binomial name | |
| Astele bularra Garrard, 1961
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Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Astele)
Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 29 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Indo-Malaysia, the eastern coast of Australia and South Africa.
References edit
- ^ 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
External links edit
- "Calliostoma (Astele) bularra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.