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genus

Bellastraea Iredale, 1924

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Trochida »  family Turbinidae - Turbans and Star Shells

Description

Shell conical, sculptured with thick spiral lines, squarish on the edge from which project more or less folded lamellae; underside slightly convex. Mouth opening very oblique, umbilicus covered; operculum white, smooth with one rib.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

species Bellastraea aurea (I.H. Jonas, 1844) - Golden Star-shell

Bellastraea aurea

species Bellastraea rutidoloma (Tate, 1893)

Bellastraea rutidoloma

species Bellastraea squamifera (Koch, 1844) - Scaly Star-shell

Bellastraea squamifera


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1016359]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Bellastraea Iredale, 1924]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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