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Oxystele variegata

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]

Oxystele variegata
Oxystele variegata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
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)

Description edit

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

Distribution edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Oxystele variegata (Anton, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2012.
  • 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.

External links edit

  • "Oxystele variegata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca; Annals of The South African Museum vol. 47; 1963


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