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Astralium

Astralium, common name star snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails and star snails.

Description

In Astralium a very rapidly enlarging whorl starts from the multispiral nucleus, forming far the greater portion of the operculum, and usually leaving a pit at the starting point.

Distribution

This marine genus has a wide distribution ranging from the Eastern Indian Ocean to China and Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, East India, the Maldives and Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia).

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Astralium :

Another number of species are also mentioned in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database :

Synonyms

  • Astralium abyssorum <small>Schepman, 1908</small>: synonym of Bolma henica <small>(Watson, 1885)</small>
  • Astralium americanum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Lithopoma americanum <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
  • Astralium andersoni <small>E.A. Smith, 1902</small>: synonym of Bolma andersoni <small>(E. A. Smith, 1902)</small>
  • Astralium aureolum <small>Hedley, 1907</small>: synonym of Bolma aureola <small>(Hedley, 1907)</small>
  • Astralium aureum <small>(Jonas, 1844)</small>: synonym of Bellastraea aurea <small>(Jonas, 1844)</small>
  • Astralium bathyrhaphe <small>Smith, 1899</small>: synonym of Bolma bathyraphis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1899)</small>
  • Astralium brevispina <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Lithopoma brevispina <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
  • Astralium cepoides <small>E.A. Smith, 1880</small>: synonym of Turbo cepoides <small>E.A. Smith, 1880</small>
  • Astralium deplanatum <small>Link, H.F., 1807</small>: synonym of Lithopoma phoebium <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
  • Astralium fimbriatum <small>Tryon, 1888</small>: synonym of Bellastraea squamifera <small>(Iredale, 1924)</small>
  • † Astralium flindersi <small>Tenison Woods, 1877</small>: synonym of † Bolma flindersi <small>(Tenison Woods, 1877)</small> (superseded combination)
  • Astralium gilchristi <small>G.B. Sowerby III, 1903</small>: synonym of Bolma bathyraphis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1899)</small>
  • Astralium guadeloupense <small>Crosse, H., 1865</small>: synonym of Lithopoma tectum <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small>
  • Astralium johnstoni <small>Odhner, 1923</small>: synonym of Bolma johnstoni <small>(Odhner, 1923)</small>
  • Astralium longispinum <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Lithopoma phoebium <small>(Röding, 1798)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
  • Astralium mactanense <small>Habe & Okutani, 1980</small>: synonym of Astralium lapillus <small>Reeve, 1863</small>
  • Astralium moniliferum <small>Hedley & Willey, 1896</small>: synonym of Guildfordia monilifera <small>(Hedley & Willey, 1896)</small>
  • Astralium ornatissimum <small>Tenison Woods, 1877</small>: synonym of † Bolma crassigranosa <small>(Tenison Woods, 1877)</small>
  • Astralium phoebium <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>: synonym of Lithopoma phoebium <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
  • Astralium plicatospinosum <small>Pilsbry, 1889</small>: synonym of Astralium confragosum <small>(Gould, 1851)</small>
  • Astralium pyramidale <small>W. H. Webster, 1905</small>: synonym of Cookia sulcata <small>([Lightfoot], 1786)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
  • Astralium roseobasis <small>Kreipl & Dekker, 2003</small>: synonym of Astralium provisorium <small>(Schepman, 1903)</small>
  • Astralium rugosum <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>: synonym of Bolma rugosa <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> (superseded combination)
  • Astralium rutidoloma <small>(Tate, 1893)</small> synonym of Bellastraea rutidoloma <small>(Tate, 1893)</small>
  • Astralium semicostatum <small>(P. Fischer, 1875)</small>: synonym of Astralium semicostatum <small>(Kiener, 1850)</small>
  • Astralium squamiferum <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>: synonym of Bellastraea squamifera <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
  • Astralium tayloriana <small>Odhner, 1923</small>: synonym of Bolma tayloriana <small>(E. A. Smith, 1880)</small>
  • Astralium titania <small>Röding, P.F., 1798</small>: synonym of Lithopoma phoebium <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
  • Astralium triumphans <small>(Philippi, 1841)</small>: synonym of Guildfordia triumphans <small>(Philippi, 1841)</small>
  • Astralium tuberosum <small>(Philippi)</small>: synonym of Astralium rhodostomum <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
  • Astralium (Bolma) modestus var. girgyllus (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Bolma modesta <small>(Reeve, 1843)</small>

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