Astele monile

Astele monile
Drawing of a shell of Astele monile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Astele
Species:
A. monile
Binomial name
Astele monile
(Reeve, 1863) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Calliostoma (Astele) monile (Reeve, L.A., 1863)
  • Calliostoma (Laetifautor) monile (Reeve, 1863)
  • Laetifautor monilis (Reeve, 1863)
  • Zizyphinus monile Reeve, 1863

Astele monile, common name the Australian necklace, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

Some authors place this taxon in the subgenus Astele (Astele)

  1. ^ Reeve, Conch. Icon., f 39 (1863)
  2. ^ a b Astele monile (Reeve, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.