Stellaria testigera

Stellaria testigera
Temporal range: Miocene - Pliocene
A view of a fossil shell of Stellaria testigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Xenophoroidea
Family:
Xenophoridae
Genus:
Stellaria
Species:
S. testigera
Binomial name
Stellaria testigera
(Bronn, 1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phorus testigerus Bronn, 1831
  • Xenophora (Stellaria) testigera (Bronn, 1831)

Stellaria testigera, common name finger carrier shell, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]

  1. ^ a b Stellaria testigera (Bronn, 1831). WoRMS (2010). Stellaria testigera (Bronn, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468050 on 9 July 2010 .