Stellaria (gastropod)

Stellaria
Five views of a shell of Stellaria solaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Xenophoroidea
Family:
Xenophoridae
Genus:
Stellaria

Schmidt in Möller, 1832[1]
Type species
Trochus solaris Linnaeus, 1764
Synonyms[2]
  • Haliphoebus Fischer in Kiener, 1879
  • Xenophora (Stellaria) Schmidt, 1832

Stellaria is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[2]

  1. ^ Schmidt (1832). In: Möller. Isis (Oken) 1832: 130.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Stellaria Möller, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206853 on 2010-08-07