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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae 

Astralium squamiferum (Koch, 1844)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus fimbriatus Lamarck, 1822
   Trochus squamiferum Koch in Philippi, 1844
   Bellastraea kesteveni Iredale, 1924

Common Name

Star Shell p.81 [as Bellastraea kesteveni Iredale, 1924]      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  
Scaly Star Shell p.98, pl.99D      Wilson, B 2002.  
Spiny Star p.70      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

Southern New South Wales to Geraldton, Western Australia (Wilson, 1993)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
habitat: sea grass bed 

References

 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.254-255, fig. 173 [ as Bellastraea squamifera (Koch) ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1945. p.162 [ as Bellastraea squamifera (Koch) ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.34 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.81, fig. 108 [ as Bellastraea kesteveni Iredale, 1924 ]  General reference
 Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906. p.64 [ as Astralium fimbriatum ]  Synonomy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.109, pl. 13, fig. 4a-b General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Turbininae
                        Astralium Link, 1807
                          Astralium squamiferum (Koch, 1844)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7209) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-21.