original description
Swainson, W. (1855). On the characters of Astele, a new division in the family of Trochinae or Trochiform shells; together with the description of another species of the same family. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land.</em> 3: 36-41, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32527027
page(s): 38 [details]
original description
(of Astelena Iredale, 1924) Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 230 [details]
original description
(of Eutrochus A. Adams, 1864) Adams, A. (1864). Description of a new genus and twelve new species of Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863) 31: 506-509., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681870
page(s): 506 [details]
original description
(of Salsipotens Iredale, 1924) Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 182, 230 [details]
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Nomenclature Astele is sometimes treated as neuter, but Swainson (1855) treated it as feminine when he named it, and "stele" (στήλη) is feminine in Greek according to the dictionary at www.perseus.tufts.edu. [details]