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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Vetigastropoda (unassigned) (order) » Turbinidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 24 045007 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Astralium pileolum (Reeve, 1842) |
CAAB category: | 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) | |
Family: | Turbinidae (turban shells) - show full list | |
Common Name: | [a star shell] | |
Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) Tropical Indo-West Pacific | |
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | |
Parent Codes: |
24 045905
Astralium spp. | |
Organism Type: | a star shell |
Identifiers: |
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Record source: | Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A. |
Scientific Name verified against: | 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, Vol. 92: 573-592. |