Astralium saturnum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Astralium |
| Species: | A. saturnum
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| Binomial name | |
| Astralium saturnum Chino, 1999[1]
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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.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References[]
- ^ Chino (1999). The Venus 58 (3) : 87–90. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Astralium saturnum Chino, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2012.
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245
External links[]
- "Astralium saturnum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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