Astralium tentorium

Astralium tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

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

Astraea tentorium Thiele, 1930

Description

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

Distribution

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

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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.
  • "Astralium tentorium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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