Astraea (gastropod)

Astraea
a shell of Astraea heliotropium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Astraea
Röding, 1798[1]
Synonyms

Astrea Roding, 1798

Astraea is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

Species

Species within this genus include[2]:

synonyms:

References

  1. ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens conchylia sive testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg. page 79.
  2. ^ "World Register of Marine Species". Astraea Röding, 1798. 2009. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206461. Retrieved 21 February 2010.