Stellaria gigantea

Species of gastropod

Stellaria gigantea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

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clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily:  |

Xenophoroidea

Family:  |

Xenophoridae

Genus:  |

Stellaria

Species:  |

S. gigantea

Binomial name
Stellaria gigantea

(Schepman, 1909)

Synonyms[1]

* Trochotugurium giganteum (Schepman, 1909)
* Tugurium giganteum (Schepman, 1909)
* Xenophora gigantea (Schepman, 1909)

Stellaria gigantea is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]

## Description

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## Distribution

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## References

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1. ^ a b Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909). WoRMS (2010). Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468048 on 9 July 2010 .

* Kilburn R.N. (1973). Notes on some benthic Mollusca from Natal and Moçabique, with descriptions of new species and subspecies of Calliostoma, Solariella, Latiaxis, Babylonia, Fusinus, Bathytoma and Conus. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(3):557-578.
* Kreipl K. & Alf A. (1999). Recent Xenophoridae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim > Germany. 148pp.

Taxon identifiers

Stellaria gigantea|

* Wikidata: Q7607219
* AFD: Stellaria_gigantea
* BOLD: 346027
* CoL: 4ZRDS
* EoL: 4879369
* GBIF: 5796900
* iNaturalist: 1220093
* IRMNG: 10899164
* WoRMS: 468048

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