Astralium milloni

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Astralium milloni
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Shell of Astralium milloni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species:
A. milloni
Binomial name
Astralium milloni
(B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973)
Synonyms [1]
  • Astraea milloniB. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973

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

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean. The holotype was found off French Polynesia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Astralium milloni (B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581749 on 2012-09-01
  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.