Astele speciosa

Astele speciosa
Drawing of a shell of Astele speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Subfamily: Calliostomatinae
Genus: Astele
Species:
A. speciosa
Binomial name
Astele speciosa
(A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Astele) speciosum (Adams, A. in Adams, H.G. & A. Adams, 1854)
  • Pulchrastele speciosa Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962
  • Trochus (Calliostoma) speciosus E. A. Smith,
  • Zizyphus speciosa A. Adams, 1854

Astele speciosa, common name the beautiful top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[2]

  1. ^ Adams, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 38.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Astele speciosa (A. Adams in H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467150 on 2012-12-07