Astraea heliotropium

Astraea heliotropium

Not Threatened (NZ TCS)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astraea
Species:
A. heliotropium
Binomial name
Astraea heliotropium
(Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms[3]
  • Astralium heliotropium (Martyn T., 1784)
  • Guildfordia heliophorus Gray
  • Imperator aureolatus Montfort, 1810
  • Lithopoma heliotropium (Martyn, T., 1784)
  • Solarium radiatum Fischer von Waldheim, G., 1807
  • Trochus heliotropium Martyn, 1784 (basionym)
  • Trochus imperialis Gmelin, 1791

Astraea heliotropium, common name the sunburst star turban or the circular saw shell, is a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Turbinidae, the turbans and star snails.[3]

This large species was brought to Europe for the first time by the famous Captain Cook.[4]

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Astraea heliotropium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T2218A9364042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T2218A9364042.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404992 on 2011-03-08
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tryon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).