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Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1764) 
AphiaID: 217332

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Xenophoroidea (Superfamily) > Xenophoridae (Family) > Stellaria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stellaria Möller, 1832
Synonymised
taxa		  Astraea polaris Röding, 1798 (synonym)
 Stellaria solaris paucispinosa Kosuge & Nomoto, 1972 (synonym)
 Trochus solaris Linnaeus, 1764 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney. [details]

basis of record: Kreipl K. & Alf A. (1999). Recent Xenophoridae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim > Germany. 148pp. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English sun carrier shell  [details]
Direct child
taxa
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Subspecies Stellaria solaris paucispinosa Kosuge & Nomoto, 1972 accepted as Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1764)
Environment marine
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Stellaria solaris
Stellaria solaris
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217332
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-05-26 07:50:32Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2010-04-21 07:04:33Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2012-04-02 08:43:25Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1764). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217332 on 2013-05-20
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