Astralium asteriscus

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Astralium asteriscus
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Shell of Astralium asteriscus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species:
A. asteriscus
Binomial name
Astralium asteriscus
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Astralium asteriscum(Reeve, 1843)
  • Trochus asteriscusReeve, 1843 (original description)

Astralium asteriscus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [1] [2]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. 1 2 Astralium asteriscus (Reeve, 1842) . 19 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. ↑ Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245.


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