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Astralium calcar

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo calcar was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Astralium.

It was recombined as Astralium calcar by Fischer (1873).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Astraea brevispina, A. rhodostoma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Turbo calcar Linnaeus
1873Astralium calcar Fischer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusAstraliumLink 1807
speciescalcar(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Astralium calcar Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available