Scientific name Astralium phoebium Rank Species | Superfamily Trochoidea | |
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Similar Lithopoma, Lithopoma americanum, Astralium, Lithopoma caelatum, Astralium latispina | ||
Lithopoma phoebium, common name the longspine star shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Distribution
This is a tropical Western Atlantic species.
Distribution of Lithopoma phoebium include: Aruba, Belize, Bonaire, Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, San Andres and Venezuela.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 76 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 91 m.
References
Lithopoma phoebium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA