Asterolamia

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Asterolamia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Asterolamia
Warén, 1980
Type species
Asterolamia hiansWarén, 1980

Asterolamia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. [1] [2]

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Species

There are only two known species within this genus of gastropods:

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References

  1. Warén, 1980. Warén A. (1980) Descriptions of new taxa of Eulimidae (Mollusca, Prosobranchia), with notes on some previously described genera. Zoologica Scripta 9: 283-306. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536405 on 2013-02-11.
  2. Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 30