Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative spelling: Astraea (Astralium)
Synonyms: Astraea (Bellastraea) Iredale 1924, Bellastraea Iredale 1924
Parent taxon: Turbininae according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Gardner 1947, Harzhauser 2004, Ladd 1966, Lozouet et al. 2001, Petuch 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Weisbord 1962 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Barbotella, Bolma, Calcar, Deikella, Guildfordia, Heteroninella, Lithopoma, Pseudastralium, Pseudophasianus, Sarmaturbo, Tectariopsis, Turbo, Nummogaultina, Rothpletzella, Imperator
Subtaxa: Astraea (Astralium) basalis Astraea (Astralium) eniwetokensis Astraea (Astralium) polkensis Astraea (Astralium) rhodostomus Astraea (Astralium) waluensis Astralium aquitanicum Astralium calcar Astralium confragosum Astralium dalli Astralium fistula Astralium infracarinatum Astralium phoebium Astralium turritum Autralium squamiferum Bellastraea kesteveni
Type: Turbo calcar
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), the Bahamas (1), Bermuda (3), French Polynesia (1), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Panama (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (1: California), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Australia (2), the Dominican Republic (4), Fiji (1), France (1), Indonesia (2), the Marshall Islands (8), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Iran (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of Australia (1)
• Triassic of Hungary (2), Italy (1)
Total: 58 collections including 64 occurrences
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