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Bellastraea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Turbinidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Bellastraea

Similar
  
Lithopoma caelatum, Lithopoma americanum, Astralium stellare, Lithopoma brevispina

Bellastraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

The Australian Faunal Directory considers this genus as a synonym of Astralium Link, 1807

Species

Species within the genus Bellastraea include:

  • Bellastraea aurea (Jonas, 1844)
  • Bellastraea rutidoloma (Tate, 1893)
  • Bellastraea squamifera (Koch, 1844)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Astraea kesteveni T. Iredale, 1924: synonym of Bellastraea squamifera (Koch, 1844)
  • Bellastraea kesteveni (Iredale, 1924): synonym of Bellastraea squamifera (Koch, 1844)
  • Bellastraea urvillei Philippi, R.A., 1852: synonym of Astralium tentoriiforme (Jonas, J.H., 1845)

    • References

    Bellastraea Wikipedia
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