Astralium saturnum

Astralium saturnum
Astralium saturnum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species: A. saturnum
Binomial name
Astralium saturnum
Chino, 1999[1]

Astralium saturnum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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