WoRMS taxon details
Bellastraea Iredale, 1924
413351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413351)
accepted
Genus
Bellastraea kesteveni Iredale, 1924 accepted as Bellastraea squamifera (F. C. L. Koch, 1844) (type by original designation)
Astraea (Bellastraea) Iredale, 1924 · unaccepted
Micrastraea Cotton, 1939 · unaccepted
- Species Bellastraea aurea (Jonas, 1844)
- Species Bellastraea rutidoloma (Tate, 1893)
- Species Bellastraea squamifera (F. C. L. Koch, 1844)
- Species Bellastraea kesteveni Iredale, 1924 accepted as Bellastraea squamifera (F. C. L. Koch, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 232 [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bellastraea Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413351 on 2025-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Micrastraea Cotton, 1939) Cotton, B. C. (1939). Reports of the Expedition of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Mollusca. Part 2: General. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 51(1): 159-176 [stated date: 1938]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55064465 [details]
basis of record Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Micrastraea Cotton, 1939) Cotton, B. C. (1939). Reports of the Expedition of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Mollusca. Part 2: General. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 51(1): 159-176 [stated date: 1938]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55064465 [details]
basis of record Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), <i>A Conchological Iconography</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245. [details]
