Dactylastele burnupi

Dactylastele burnupi
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]

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.

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