Biology:Stellaria gigantea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Stellaria gigantea
Xenophora gigantea (great carrier snail) (24447949470).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Xenophoroidea
Family:
Xenophoridae
Genus:
Stellaria
Species:
S. gigantea
Binomial name
Stellaria gigantea
(Schepman, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochotugurium giganteum (Schepman, 1909)
  • Tugurium giganteum (Schepman, 1909)
  • Xenophora gigantea (Schepman, 1909)

Stellaria gigantea is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909). WoRMS (2010). Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468048 on 9 July 2010 .
  • Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçabique, with descriptions of new species and subspecies of Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma and Conus. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):557-578.
  • Kreipl K. & Alf A. (1999). Recent Xenophoridae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim > Germany. 148pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q7607219 entry




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