Oxystele variegata

Oxystele variegata
Oxystele variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Oxystele
Species: O. variegata
Binomial name
Oxystele variegata
(Anton, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Diloma variegata (Anton, 1838)
  • Oxystele impervius Menke, Schwarz, 1910
  • Oxystele sagittifera Lamarck, Smith, 1903
  • Oxystele sagittifera var. rufanensis Turton, 1932
  • Oxystele tabularis var. pulchra Turton, 1932
  • Trochus impervius Menke, 1843
  • Trochus indecorus Philippi, 1844
  • Trochus variegatus Anton, 1839 (original description)

Oxystele variegata, common name the variegated topshell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the southern coast of South Africa, from Namibia to North Transkei.

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