Dactylastele burnupi
| Dactylastele burnupi | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Dactylastele burnupi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Calliostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Calliostomatinae |
| Genus: | Dactylastele |
| Species: | D. burnupi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dactylastele burnupi (E.A. Smith, 1899) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliostoma burnupi E.A. Smith, 1899 (original combination) | |
Dactylastele burnupi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]
Description
The height of the imperforate, conical shell attains 14 mm. The shell contains eight, flat whorls with deep sutures. The shell is prettily granulated, the granules upon the base being less pronounced than those above. The thread-like interstices are brown. The oblique aperture is subquadrate. The general colro of the shell is a fleshy tint, varied at intervals with brown blotches which are often pale bordered on the left or anterior side. The lowermost row of granules is smaller than those above. This gives the whorls a channeled appearance at the suture.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.
References
- 1 2 Dactylastele burnupi (E.A. Smith, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Edgard A. Smith, Descriptions of new Species of South African Marine Shells, Journal of Conchology, v. 9 (1898-1900) (described as Calliostoma burnupi)
- Kilburn, R.N. (1974) Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22, 187–220.
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 39