Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Astralium aureum (Jonas, 1844)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Micrastraea aurea auct.
   Trochus aurea Jonas, 1844
   Carinidae granulata Swainson, 1855
   Carinidae ornata Tenison Woods, 1876
   Carinidae tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1877

Common Name

Golden Small Star p.257 Cotton, B. C. 1959.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal

References

Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.259 [ as Micrastraea aurea ] General reference
Habe, T. 1959. p.38 [ as Micrastraea aurea ] Radula
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.35 General reference
Macpherson, J.H. 1966. p.213 General reference
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.82, fig. 109 General reference
May, W. 1921. p.42 Synonomy
Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. p.118 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.108, pl. 13, fig. 3 General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Turbininae
                        Astralium Link, 1807
                          Astralium aureum (Jonas, 1844)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7198) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-11-22.