Astraea (gastropod)

Astraea
Temporal range:
a shell of Astraea heliotropium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astraea
Röding, 1798
Type species
Trochus imperialis
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
List
  • † Astraea (Vitiastraea) Ladd, 1966 alternative representation
  • Astralium (Imperator) Montfort, 1810 junior subjective synonym
  • Astrea Link, 1807 (misspelling)
  • Canthorbis Swainson, 1840
  • Imperator Montfort, 1810

Astraea is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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