Stellaria gigantea

Stellaria gigantea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Xenophoridae
Genus: Stellaria
Species:
S. gigantea
Binomial name
Stellaria gigantea
(Schepman, 1909)
Synonyms[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.