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Astralium tentorium

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Species of gastropod

Astralium tentorium
Apertural view of a shell of Astralium tentorium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species: A. tentorium
Binomial name
Astralium tentorium
(Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms

Astraea tentorium Thiele, 1930

Astralium tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 50 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the subtidal zone off Western Australia.

References

  1. Astralium tentorium (Thiele, 1930). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  • Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561–596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5
  • Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423–441
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Astralium tentorium


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