Astralium saturnum

Astralium saturnum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Astralium
Species:	A. saturnum
Binomial name
	Astralium saturnum; Chino, 1999

Last updated February 17, 2025

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

Description

The size of the shell varies from 15 mm to 35 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

↑ Chino (1999). The Venus 58 (3) : 87–90. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 20 April 2010.
1 2 Astralium saturnum Chino, 1999 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2012.

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

External links

"Astralium saturnum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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[1] Chino (1999). The Venus 58 (3) : 87–90. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 20 April 2010.

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 Astralium saturnum Chino, 1999 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2012.

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Astralium saturnum

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Description

Distribution

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