Oxystele impervia
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| Oxystele impervia | |
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| Oxystele impervia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Cantharidinae |
| Genus: | Oxystele |
| Species: | O. impervia |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxystele impervia (Menke, 1843) | |
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Oxystele impervia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the southern coast of South Africa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oxystele impervia (Menke, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2012.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 24
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
- Donald K.M., Kennedy M. & Spencer H.G. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of austral monodontine topshells (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae), inferred from DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 474-483.
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