Oxystele
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Oxystele is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2] Although previously suggested as a subgenus of Diloma,[3] genetic analysis has shown it to be more appropriate as its own genus.[4]
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Oxystele | |
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Oxystele tigrina | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: | Oxystele Philippi, 1847 [1] |
Type species | |
Trochus merula Dillwyn, 1817 |
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