Astralium tentorium

Astralium tentorium
Apertural view of a shell of Astralium tentorium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species: A. tentorium
Binomial name
Astralium tentorium
(Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms

Astraea tentorium Thiele, 1930

Astralium tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the subtidal zone off Western Australia.

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