Stellaria gigantea

Stellaria gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Xenophoroidea
Family: Xenophoridae
Genus: Stellaria
Species: S. gigantea
Binomial name
Stellaria gigantea
(Schepman, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochotugurium giganteum (Schepman, 1909)
  • Tugurium giganteum (Schepman, 1909)
  • Xenophora gigantea (Schepman, 1909)

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

References

  1. 1 2 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.


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