''Astele'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Calliostomatidae Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2013). Calliostomatidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetail ...

. 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 ''Astele multigrana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele multigrana'' (Dunker, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...

'' (Dunker, 1871) * '' Astele pulcherrima'' (Sowerby III, 1914) * ''

Astele punctocostata ''Astele punctocostata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele punctocostata'' (A. Adams, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''

Astele rubiginosa ''Astele rubiginosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele rubiginosa'' (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marine ...

'' (Valenciennes, 1846) * ''

Astele scitula ''Astele scitula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele scitula'' (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...

'' (A. Adams, 1854) * ''

Astele similaris ''Astele similaris'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele similaris'' (Reeve, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Mari ...

'' (Reeve, 1863) * ''

Astele speciosa ''Astele speciosa'', common name the beautiful top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele speciosa'' (A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: ...

'' (A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) * ''

Astele stenomphala ''Astele stenomphala'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele stenomphala'' E. A. Smith, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

'' E. A. Smith, 1898 * ''

Astele subcarinata ''Astele subcarinata'', common name the subcarinate top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Astele subcarinata'' Swainson, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (Swainson, 1854) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Astele bilix'' Hedley, 1905: synonym of ''

Calliobasis bilix ''Calliobasis bilix'', common name the balanced top shell, is a species of small deep water sea snail in the family Seguenziidae. It is endemic to eastern Australia and found in the Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South ...

'' (Hedley, 1905) * ''Astele calliston'' Verco, 1905: synonym of ''

Callistele calliston ''Callistele calliston'', common name the beautiful top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae (unassigned to a subfamily).Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Callistele calliston'' (Verco, 1905). Accessed throug ...

'' (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 ''Omphalotukaia nobilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae Calliostomatidae is a family of sea snails within the superfamily Trochoidea and the clade Vetigastropoda.Gofas, S. (2013). Callio ...

'' (Hirase, 1922)

References

External links

* Calliostomatidae {{Calliostomatidae-stub