Dactylastele duplicata explained

Dactylastele duplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Description

The turreted-conic shell is imperforate. The whorls are convex. They are ornamented with granose cinguli, with two larger more prominent cinguli at the base of the shell. The interstices are longitudinally striate. A body whorl is subrounded, its base a little convex. It is sculptured with granose cinguli. The aperture is subrotund. The lip is lirate within. The columella terminates in a tubercle at its base.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.

References

• Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Govt. Printer, Adelaide
• Marshall, B.A. (1995), Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise; Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/details/manualofconcholo111tryo Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia