Astralium heimburgi

Astralium heimburgi
Drawing with two views of a shell of Astralium heimburgi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species: A. heimburgi
Binomial name
Astralium heimburgi
(Dunker, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Astraea heimburgi (Dunker, 1882)
  • Uvanilla heimburgi Dunker, 1882

Astralium heimburgi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 25 mm. The conic shell is imperforate. The five whorls are flattened and subgranosely densely lirate. The periphery is carinated, armed with compressed imbricated subdeflexed spines. The base of the shell is plano-convex, ornamented with spiral subimbricated lirae. The columella has an oblong excavation at its termination. The aperture is subrotund, silvery margaritaceous within. The shell color is whitish, subroseous at the base. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Indonesia.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Astralium heimburgi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581747 on 2012-09-01
  2. ↑ 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. 1-82, pls 104-245.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

External links

External identifiers for Astralium heimburgi
NCBI 307896
WoRMS 581747
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