Astele Swainson 1855 (top snail)
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Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Parent taxon: Calliostomatinae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Ladd 1966, Ladd 1972, Sepkoski 2002, Short and Potter 1987 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Benthastelena, Calliostoma, Dentistyla, Fautrix, Metaconulus, Ozodochilus
Subtaxa: Astele (Astelena) Astele (Callistele) Astele (Coralastele) Astele bularra Astele subcarinata
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Chile (2), the Marshall Islands (1)
• Eocene of Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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