Stellaria chinensis
| Stellaria chinensis | |
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| Apical view of a shell of Stellaria chinensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Xenophoroidea |
| Family: | Xenophoridae |
| Genus: | Stellaria |
| Species: | S. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stellaria chinensis (Philippi, 1841) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Stellaria chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]
Distribution
Apertural view of a shell of Stellaria chinensis
References
- 1 2 Stellaria chinensis (Philippi, 1841). WoRMS (2010). Stellaria chinensis (Philippi, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468047 on 9 July 2010.
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