''Astele'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Calliostomatidae
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.
Some authors use ''Astele''
Swainson, 1855 as a subgenus in ''
Calliostoma
''Calliostoma'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs within the family Calliostomatidae, the Calliostoma top snails. Previously this genus was placed within the family Trochid ...
''
Swainson, 1840 and in ''Astele''
Swainson, 1855
Species
Species within the genus ''Astele'' include:
* ''
Astele allanae''
(Iredale, 1930)
* ''
Astele armillata''
(Wood, 1828)
* †''
Astele boileaui''
Marwick, 1931
* ''
Astele bularra''
Garrard, 1961
* ''
Astele ciliaris''
(Menke, 1843)
* ''
Astele monile''
(Reeve, 1863)
* ''
Astele multigrana''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''
Astele pulcherrima''
(Sowerby III, 1914)
* ''
Astele punctocostata''
(A. Adams, 1853)
* ''
Astele rubiginosa''
(Valenciennes, 1846)
* ''
Astele scitula''
(A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Astele similaris''
(Reeve, 1863)
* ''
Astele speciosa''
(A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)
* ''
Astele stenomphala''
E. A. Smith, 1898
* ''
Astele subcarinata''
(Swainson, 1854)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Astele bilix''
Hedley, 1905: synonym of ''
Calliobasis bilix''
(Hedley, 1905)
* ''Astele calliston''
Verco, 1905: synonym of ''
Callistele calliston''
(Verco, 1905)
* ''Astele ciliare''
ic synonym of ''Astele ciliaris''
(Menke, 1843)
* ''Astele multigranum''
ic synonym of ''Astele multigrana''
(Dunker, 1871)
* ''Astele nobilis''
Hirase, 1922: synonym of ''
Calliostoma nobile''
(Hirase, 1922)
References
External links
*
Calliostomatidae
{{Calliostomatidae-stub