''Bellastraea'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Turbinidae, the turban snails.
The Australian Faunal Directory considers this genus as a synonym of ''
Astralium
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Link, 1807
Species
Species within the genus ''Bellastraea'' include:
* ''
Bellastraea aurea''
(Jonas, 1844)
* ''
Bellastraea rutidoloma''
(Tate, 1893)
* ''
Bellastraea squamifera
''Bellastraea squamifera'', the scaly star shell, 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 15 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
Thi ...
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(Koch, 1844)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Astraea kesteveni''
T. Iredale, 1924: synonym of ''Bellastraea squamifera''
(Koch, 1844)
* ''Bellastraea kesteveni''
(Iredale, 1924):
synonym of ''Bellastraea squamifera''
(Koch, 1844)
* ''Bellastraea urvillei''
Philippi, R.A., 1852: synonym of ''
Astralium tentoriiforme''
(Jonas, J.H., 1845)
References
* Iredale, 1924, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49(3): 182, 232
* Williams, S.T. (2007). ''Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae).'' Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.
* Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) ''The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990''. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245
Turbinidae
Gastropod genera
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