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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Astele (Astele) armillatum (Wood, 1828)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Zizyphinus granulatum Born, 1778
   Trochus granatinus Chemnitz, 1781
   Trochus armillatum Wood, 1828
   Trochus meyeri Philippi, 1848
   Trochus levis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1851
   Zizyphinus euglyptus A. Adams in H. & A. Adams, 1854

Common Name

Jewelled Top shell p.58      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  
Meyer's Top Shell p.61 [as Salsipotens meyeri]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 m ]
depth: subtidal 
habitat: rock reef 
substrate: rubble 

References

 Brazier, J. 1887. p.121 [ as Trochus (Ziziphinus) meyeri Philippi sp. ]  General reference
 Coleman, N. 1981. p.94, pl. 288 Biology and ecology
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.150, fig. 83 [ as Salsipotens meyeri ]  General reference
 Gabriel, C. & Gatliff, J.H. 1922. p.150 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.33 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.58, fig. 79 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.63 [ in subgenus Salsipotens, distribution and synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
                        Astele Swainson, 1855
                          Astele (Astele) Swainson, 1855
                            Astele (Astele) armillatum (Wood, 1828)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5965) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-10.