Astralium tentorium

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Astralium tentorium
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Apertural view of a shell of Astralium tentorium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species:
A. tentorium
Binomial name
Astralium tentorium
(Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms

Astraea tentoriumThiele, 1930

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

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the subtidal zone off Western Australia.

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