Oxystele tigrina

Oxystele tigrina
Oxystele tigrina
Oxystele tigrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Monodontinae
Genus: Oxystele
Species: O. tigrina
Binomial name
Oxystele tigrina
(Anton, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Diloma (Oxystele) tigrina (Anton, H.E., 1839))
  • Trochus tigrinus Anton, 1839

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 43 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Namibia and the south coast of South Africa.

References

  1. ^ a b Oxystele tigrina (Anton, 1839).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225143 on 2 July 2011.
  • Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
  • 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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