Astralium milloni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]
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| Shell of Astralium milloni (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Astralium |
| Species: | A. milloni
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| Binomial name | |
| Astralium milloni (B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973)
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean. The holotype was found off French Polynesia.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Astralium milloni (B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581749 on 2012-09-01
- ^ 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.
- Salvat B., Salvat F. & Richard G. , 1973. Astraea (Celcar) milloni sp. n. (Archaeogastropoda, Turbinidae) de Rapa (Australes) Polynésie française. Cahiers du Pacifique 17: 245-252
External links
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