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Genus of gastropods
Astralium
Several views of Astralium calcar
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Vetigastropoda
Order:
Trochida
Superfamily:
Trochoidea
Family:
Turbinidae
Genus:
Astralium
Link , 1807
[1]
Type species
Turbo calcar Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Astralium (Cyclocantha) Swainson, 1840
Calcar Montfort, 1810
Cyclocantha Swainson, 1840
Distellifer Iredale, 1937
Foliastralium Habe & Okutani, 1980
Macropelmus Gistel, 1848 (Unnecessary substitute name for Calcar Montfort, 1810)
Micrastrea Cotton, 1939
Okinawastraea Habe & Okutani, 1981
Pagocalcar Iredale, 1937
Rugastella Iredale, 1937
Stella P. Fischer, 1885
Turbo (Calcar) Montfort, 1810
Astralium ,
common name star snails, is a
genus of
sea snails ,
marine
gastropod
mollusks in the family
Turbinidae , the turban snails and star snails.
[2]
Description
In Astralium a very rapidly enlarging
whorl starts from the multispiral nucleus, forming far the greater portion of the
operculum , and usually leaving a pit at the starting point.
[3]
Distribution
This marine genus has a wide distribution ranging from the Eastern Indian Ocean to
China and
Japan , the
Philippines ,
Indonesia , East India, the
Maldives and Australia (
New South Wales ,
Northern Territory ,
Queensland ,
South Australia ,
Tasmania ,
Victoria ,
Western Australia ).
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Astralium :
[4]
Astralium asteriscum (Reeve, 1843)
Astralium calcar (Linnaeus, 1758)
Astralium confragosum (Gould, 1851)
Astralium danieli (Alf & Kreipl, 2006)
Astralium dekkeri (Thach, 2018)
Astralium haematragum (Menke, 1829)
Astralium heimburgi (Dunker, 1882)
Astralium lapillus Reeve, 1863
Astralium latispina (Philippi, 1844)
Astralium milloni (B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973)
Astralium nakamineae (Habe & Okutani, 1981)
Astralium okamotoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Astralium pileolum (Reeve, 1842)
Astralium provisorium Schepman, 1908
Astralium rhodostomum (Lamarck, 1822)
Astralium rotularium (Lamarck, 1822)
Astralium saturnum Chino, 1999
Astralium semicostatum (Kiener, 1850)
Astralium stellare (Gmelin, 1791)
Astralium tentoriiforme (Jonas, 1845)
Astralium tentorium (Thiele, 1930)
Astralium wallisi (Iredale, 1937)
Another number of species are also mentioned in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database :
[5]
Species brought into synonymy
Astralium abyssorum Schepman, 1908 : synonym of
Bolma henica (Watson, 1885)
Astralium americanum (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of
Lithopoma americanum (Gmelin, 1791)
Astralium andersoni E.A. Smith, 1902 : synonym of
Bolma andersoni (E. A. Smith, 1902)
Astralium aureolum Hedley, 1907 : synonym of
Bolma aureola (Hedley, 1907)
Astralium aureum (Jonas, 1844) : synonym of
Bellastraea aurea (Jonas, 1844)
Astralium bathyrhaphe Smith, 1899 : synonym of
Bolma bathyraphis (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Astralium brevispina (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of
Lithopoma brevispina (Lamarck, 1822)
Astralium cepoides E.A. Smith, 1880 : synonym of
Turbo cepoides E.A. Smith, 1880
Astralium deplanatum Link, H.F., 1807 : synonym of
Lithopoma phoebium (Röding, 1798)
Astralium fimbriatum Tryon, 1888 : synonym of
Bellastraea squamifera (Iredale, 1924)
Astralium gilchristi G.B. Sowerby III, 1903 : synonym of
Bolma bathyraphis (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Astralium guadeloupense Crosse, H., 1865 : synonym of
Lithopoma tectum (Lightfoot, 1786)
Astralium johnstoni Odhner, 1923 : synonym of
Bolma johnstoni (Odhner, 1923)
Astralium mactanense Habe & Okutani, 1980 : synonym of Astralium lapillus Reeve, 1863
Astralium moniliferum Hedley & Willey, 1896 : synonym of
Guildfordia monilifera (Hedley & Willey, 1896)
Astralium phoebium (Röding, 1798) : synonym of
Lithopoma phoebium (Röding, 1798)
Astralium plicatospinosum Pilsbry, 1889 : synonym of
Astralium confragosum (Gould, 1851)
Astralium roseobasis Kreipl & Dekker, 2003 : synonym of Astralium provisorium (Schepman, 1903)
Astralium rutidoloma (Tate, 1893) synonym of
Bellastraea rutidoloma (Tate, 1893)
Astralium semicostatum (P. Fischer, 1875) : synonym of
Astralium semicostatum (Kiener, 1850)
Astralium squamiferum (Koch, 1844) : synonym of
Bellastraea squamifera (Koch, 1844)
Astralium tayloriana Odhner, 1923 : synonym of
Bolma tayloriana (E. A. Smith, 1880)
Astralium titania Röding, P.F., 1798 : synonym of
Lithopoma phoebium (Röding, 1798)
Astralium triumphans (Philippi, 1841) : synonym of
Guildfordia triumphans (Philippi, 1841)
Astralium tuberosum (Philippi) : synonym of
Astralium rhodostomum (Lamarck, 1822)
Astralium (Bolma) modestus var. girgyllus (Reeve, 1843): synonym of
Bolma modesta (Reeve, 1843)
Astralium lapillus
Astralium lapillus
References
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