Oxystele tabularis

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Oxystele tabularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Cantharidinae
Genus: Oxystele
Species: O. tabularis
Binomial name
Oxystele tabularis
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms[1]

Diloma tabularis (Krauss, 1848)

Oxystele tabularis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and South Africa.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oxystele tabularis (Krauss, 1848).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
  • 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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