Astralium
| Astralium |
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| Hermit crab in a shell of Astralium phoebium |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Trochoidea |
| Family: |
Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: |
Turbininae |
| Genus: |
Astralium
Link, 1807[1] |
| Synonyms |
- Calcar Montfort, 1810
- Cyclocantha Swainson, 1840
- Bellastraea Iredale, 1924
- Distellifer Iredale, 1937
- Foliastralium Habe & Okutani, 1980
- Macropelmus Gistel, 1848 (Unnecessary substitute name for Calcar Montfort, 1810)
- Okinawastraea Habe & Okutani, 1981
- Pagocalcar Iredale, 1937
- Rugastella Iredale, 1937
- Micrastrea Cotton, 1939
- Stella P. Fischer, 1885
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Astralium, common name star snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails and star snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Astralium : [2]
- Astralium brevispina (Lamarck, 1822)
- Astralium calcar (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Astralium haematragum (Menke, 1829)
- Astralium imperator
- Astralium latispina (Philippi, 1844)
- Astralium phoebium (Röding, 1798)
- Astralium pileolum (Reeve, 1842)
- Astralium rhodostomum (Lamarck, 1822)
- Astralium roseobasis Kreipl & Dekker, 2003
- Astralium saturnum Chino, 1999
- Astralium stellare (Gmelin, 1791)
- Astralium tentoriiformis (Jonas, 1845)
- Astralium tentorium (Thiele, 1930)
- Astralium tuberosum (Philippi)
- Astralium wallisi (Iredale, 1937)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Astralium cepoides E.A. Smith, 1880 : synonym of Turbo cepoides E.A. Smith, 1880
- Astralium johnstoni Odhner, 1923 : synonym of Bolma johnstoni (Odhner, 1923)
- Astralium moniliferum Hedley & Willey, 1896 : synonym of Guildfordia monilifera (Hedley & Willey, 1896)
Another number of species are also mentioned in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database : [3]
- Astralium (Astralium) heimburgi (Dunker, 1882)
- Astralium (Astralium) loochooensis (Mcneil, 1960)
- Astralium (Astralium) okamotoi Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961-a
- Astralium aureum (Jonas, 1844)
- Astralium bathyrhaphe Smith, 1899
- Astralium lapillus Reeve
- Astralium mactanense Habe & Okutani, 1980
- Astralium provisorium Schepman, 1908
- Astralium rotularia (Lamarck, 1822)
- Astralium rutidoloma (Tate, 1893)
- Astralium semicostatum (Kiener, 1850)
- Astralium squamiferum (Koch, 1844)
- Astralium turcicus Reeve, 1848
- Astralium yamamurae Habe & Kosuge, 1966
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