Bellastraea
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| Bellastraea | |
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| Bellastraea squamifera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Bellastraea Iredale, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Bellastraea kesteveni Iredale, 1924 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Micrastraea Cotton, 1939 | |
Bellastraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
The Australian Faunal Directory considers this genus as a synonym of Astralium Link, 1807 [2]
