Guildfordia aculeata

Guildfordia aculeata
A shell of Guildfordia aculeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Guildfordia
Species:	G. aculeata
Binomial name
Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979
Synonyms
Guildfordia kurzi Petuch, 1979 Guildfordia tagaroae Alf & Kreipl, 2006

Guildfordia aculeata , common name the aculeate star turban, 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 35 mm and 60 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References[]

• Kosuge S. (1979) Description of a new species of the genus Guildfordia (Turbinidae, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(2): 20, pl. 4.
• 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[]

• "Guildfordia aculeata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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