Astralium milloni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Astralium milloni
Shell of Astralium milloni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Astralium
Species:
A. milloni
Binomial name
Astralium milloni
(B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973)
Synonyms[1]
  • Astraea milloni B. Salvat, F. Salvat & Richard, 1973

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean. The holotype was found off French Polynesia.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
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