Astralium wallisi

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Astralium wallisi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species:
A. wallisi
Binomial name
Astralium wallisi
(Iredale, 1937)
Synonyms

Distellifer wallisiIredale, 1937 (original combination)

Contents

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

This species is considered by the Australian Faunal Directory as a synonym of Astralium rhodostomum (Lamarck, 1822) [2]

Description

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and was found on the Middleton Reef, a coral reef in the Tasman Sea.

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