Astralium okamotoi
| Astralium okamotoi | |
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| Shell of Astralium okamotoi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam-) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Astralium |
| Species: | A. okamotoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Astralium okamotoi Kuroda & Habe, 1961
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Astralium okamotoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1] [2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 millimetres (0.59 in) and 40 millimetres (1.6 in).
Distribution
This marine shell occurs off Japan and the Philippines[citation needed].
References
- ^ Astralium okamotoi Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 581751. 20 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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.
- Habe, T. (1961). Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II). Hoikusha, Osaka. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pls. xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl.
External links
- "Astralium okamotoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.