Astraea heliotropium
| Astraea heliotropium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Astraea |
| Species: | A. heliotropium |
| Binomial name | |
| Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784) | |
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Astraea heliotropium, common name the sunburst star turban or the circular saw shell, is a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Turbinidae, the turbans and star snails.
This large species was brought to Europe for the first time by the famous Captain Cook.
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