Astralium nakamineae

Astralium nakamineae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species:
A. nakamineae
Binomial name
Astralium nakamineae
(Habe & Okutani, 1981)
Synonyms[1]
  • Okinawastraea nakamineae Habe & Okutani, 1981

Astralium nakamineae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Distribution

This marine species was found the Okinawa Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Astralium nakamineae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581740 on 2012-09-01
  2. ^ 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. & Okutani, T. (1981). Unusual turbinid gastropod from Okinawa Island, Japan, Okinawastraea nakamineae/ n. sp. Venus. 40(2):68-70, figs 1-3.