Stellaria chinensis

Stellaria chinensis
Apical view of a shell of Stellaria chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Xenophoroidea
Family: Xenophoridae
Genus: Stellaria
Species: S. chinensis
Binomial name
Stellaria chinensis
(Philippi, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phorus calculiferus Reeve, 1842
  • Trochus chinensis Philippi, 1841
  • Xenophora (Stellaria) chinensis (Philippi, 1841)
  • Xenophora calculifera (Reeve, 1843)

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

Distribution

Apertural view of a shell of Stellaria chinensis

References

  1. 1 2 Stellaria chinensis (Philippi, 1841). WoRMS (2010). Stellaria chinensis (Philippi, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468047 on 9 July 2010.
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