Astralium okamotoi

Astralium okamotoi
Shell of Astralium okamotoi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam-)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Astralium
Species:	A. okamotoi
Binomial name
Astralium okamotoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine shell occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

1. Astralium okamotoi Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 581751 . 20 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.

• Habe, T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.

External links

• "Astralium okamotoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.