Astraea (gastropod)
| Astraea | |
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| a shell of Astraea heliotropium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Astraea Röding, 1798[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trochus imperialis Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Astraea is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]
Species
Species within this genus include:[3]
- Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Astraea americana (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Lithopoma americanum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Astraea andersoni (Smith, 1902): synonym of Bolma andersoni (Smith, 1902)
- Astraea babelis (P. Fischer, 1874): synonym of Uvanilla babelis (P. Fischer, 1874)
- Astraea brevispina (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Lithopoma brevispina (Lamarck, 1822)
- Astraea buschii (Philippi, 1844): synonym of Uvanilla buschii (Philippi, 1844)
- Astraea calcar (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Astralium calcar (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Cookia sulcata (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Astraea cubanum Philippi, 1849: synonym of [[Lithopoma tectum]] (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Astraea danieli Alf & Kreipl, 2006: synonym of Astralium danieli (Alf & Kreipl, 2006)
- Astraea dominicana A. H. Verrill, 1950: synonym of Lithopoma tuber (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Astraea gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903): synonym of Bolma bathyraphis (E. A. Smith, 1899)
- Astraea heimburgi (Dunker, 1882): synonym of Astralium heimburgi (Dunker, 1882)
- Astraea hokianga Laws, 1948: synonym of Bembicium hokianga (Laws, 1948)
- Astraea imbricatum Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Lithopoma tectum (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Astraea jacquelineae Marche-Marchad, 1957: synonym of Bolma jacquelineae (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
- Astraea johnstoni (Odhner, 1923): synonym of Bolma johnstoni (Odhner, 1923)
- Astraea lapidifera Röding, 1798: synonym of Xenophora (Xenophora) conchyliophora (Born, 1780)
- Astraea latispina (Philippi, 1844): synonym of Astralium latispina (Philippi, 1844)
- Astraea longispina Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Lithopoma phoebium longispina (Lamarck, 1822)
- Astraea milloni B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973: synonym of Astralium milloni (B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973)
- Astraea olfersii (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Lithopoma americanum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Astraea olivacea (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Uvanilla olivacea (W. Wood, 1828)
- Astraea papillatum Potiez & Michaud, 1838: synonym of Lithopoma tectum (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Astraea persica Dall, 1907: synonym of Bolma persica (Dall, 1907)
- Astraea petrothauma Berry, 1940: synonym of Megastraea turbanica'' (Dall, 1910)
- Astraea phoebia Röding, 1798: synonym of Lithopoma phoebium (Röding, 1798)
- Astraea polaris Röding, 1798: synonym of Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Astraea rhodostoma Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Astralium rhodostomum (Lamarck, 1822)
- Astraea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767): synonym of Bolma rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Astraea rupicollina Stohler, 1959: synonym of Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910)
- Astraea semicostata (Kiener, 1850): synonym of Astralium semicostatum (Kiener, 1850)
- Astraea sirius Hedley, C., 1923: synonym of Astralium tentoriiforme (Jonas, 1845)
- Astraea spirata (Dall, 1911): synonym of Pomaulax spiratus (Dall, 1911)
- Astraea sulcata (Martyn, 1784): synonym of Cookia sulcata (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Astraea tayloriana (E. A. Smith, 1880): synonym of Bolma tayloriana (E. A. Smith, 1880)
- Astraea tectum Lightfoot, 1786: synonym of Lithopoma tectum (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Astraea tuber (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Lithopoma tuber (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Astraea tuberosum: synonym of Astralium rhodostomum (Lamarck, 1822)
- Astraea undosa (Wood, 1828): synonym for Lithopoma undosum (Wood, 1828)
- Astraea unguis (Wood, 1828): synonym of Uvanilla unguis (W. Wood, 1828)
- Astraea venezuelensis Flores & Caceres, 1984: synonym of Lithopoma tuber (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Astraea Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206461 on 2012-03-15
- ↑ "World Register of Marine Species". Astraea Röding, 1798. 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
- Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592
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