- Oxystele tigrina
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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
- ^ 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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