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Astralium
Sign in to saveAstralium, common name star snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails and star snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTurbinidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,194
- With media
- 24
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, Maldives, Madagascar, United States, South Africa, Philippines, Australia, Indonesia
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- Astralium
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- Category:Astralium
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Astralium, common name star snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails and star snails.
==Description== In Astralium a very rapidly enlarging whorl starts from the multispiral nucleus, forming far the greater portion of the operculum, and usually leaving a pit at the starting point.
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