African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS name details

Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

216357 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216357)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786)

Rank

Species

Parent

Astraea Röding, 1798

Original name

Trochus cookii Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3582 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216357 on 2026-09-03

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216357 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

1997-10-08 12:43:35Z

changed

Fondo, Esther

2009-12-07 10:04:53Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-10-06 20:15:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-09-21 19:05:32Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

Sources (1)

original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3582 [details]