Bellastraea

Updated on Dec 16, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Clade Vetigastropoda Family Turbinidae Rank Genus		Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Phylum Mollusca

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)

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