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Selastele pictum

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Selastele pictum
Shell of Selastele pictum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Selastele
Species:
S. pictum
Binomial name
Selastele pictum
Marshall, 1995

Selastele pictum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calliostomatidae.[1]

Description

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The height of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands at a depth of 370 m.

References

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  1. ^ Selastele pictum Marshall, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
  • Marshall, B.A. (1995). Calliostomatidae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and the northern Lord Howe Rise. pp. 381–458 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 14 . Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. 167 : 381–458