Astele Swainson 1855 (top snail)

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

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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

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