Astele multigrana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]
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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 |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Astele |
| Species: | A. multigrana
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| Binomial name | |
| Astele multigrana | |
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Notes edit
Additional information regarding this species:[2]
- Taxonomic remark: Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Astelena)
Description edit
The height of the shell attains 14 mm. The light-yellow turreted-conic shell is narrowly umbilicate. The eight whorls are nearly plane. They are encircled by numerous unequal granuliferous riblets. The sutural cingula are elevated, subundulate, spirally striate, and pallidly tessellate. The base of the shell is a little convex. It is covered with about 16 subgranose alternately larger and more delicate riblets. The umbilicus is narrow, surrounded by a white plate. The oblique columella terminates in a pearly denticle. The aperture is subtetragonal.[3]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Southern Australia.
References edit
- ^ Dunker, Mal, Blätt., xviii, p. 169, 1871
- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2012). Astele multigrana (Dunker, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467145 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 (Astelena) multigranum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.