Stellaria (gastropod)
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| Stellaria | |
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| Five views of a shell of Stellaria solaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Xenophoridae |
| Genus: | Stellaria Schmidt in Möller, 1832[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trochus solaris Linnaeus, 1764 | |
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Stellaria is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[2]