''Asterophila rathbunasteri'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Eulimidae. The species is one of three known species within the genus ''
Asterophila''; the other congeneric species are ''
Asterophila japonica
''Asterophila japonica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of three known species within the genus ''Asterophila'', the other congeneric species being '' Asterophila perknasteri'' a ...
'' and ''
Asterophila perknasteri
''Asterolamia perknasteri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of three known species within the genus '' Asterophila''; the other congeneric species are ''Asterophila japonica
...
''.
[Warén, in Warén & Lewis, 1994. Warén A. & Lewis L.M. (1994) Tho new species of eulimid gastropods endoparasitic in asteroids. The Veliger 37(4):325-335. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536280 on 2013-02-11.]
References
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
Gastropods described in 1994
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