Stellaria (gastropod)

Stellaria
Five views of a shell of Stellaria solaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Xenophoridae
Genus: Stellaria
Schmidt in Möller, 1832
Type species
Trochus solaris
Linnaeus, 1764
Synonyms
  • Haliphoebus Fischer in Kiener, 1879
  • Xenophora (Stellaria) Schmidt, 1832

Stellaria is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.