Bellastraea

Bellastraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

The Australian Faunal Directory considers this genus as a synonym of Astralium <small>Link, 1807</small>

Species

Species within the genus Bellastraea include:

• Bellastraea aurea <small>(Jonas, 1844)</small>
• Bellastraea rutidoloma <small>(Tate, 1893)</small>
• Bellastraea squamifera <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>

• Astraea kesteveni <small>T. Iredale, 1924</small>: synonym of Bellastraea squamifera <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
• Bellastraea kesteveni <small>(Iredale, 1924</small>): synonym of Bellastraea squamifera <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
• Bellastraea urvillei <small>Philippi, R.A., 1852</small>: synonym of Astralium tentoriiforme <small>(Jonas, J.H., 1845)</small>

References

• Iredale, 1924, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 49(3): 182, 232
• Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.
• 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.&nbsp;1–82, pls 104-245