OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Astele (Astelena) Iredale, 1924

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Astelena Iredale, 1924

Included taxa

   Astele (Astelena) scitulum (A. Adams in H. & A. Adams, 1854)
   Astele (Astelena) multigranum (Dunker, 1871)

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)

Keywords

habit: embedded [ in flask-shaped sponges {WILSON1993A} ]

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.146 [ includes key to species ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.34 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.65 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6042) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.