Stellaria (gastropod)

Stellaria
Five views of a shell of Stellaria solaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Xenophoroidea
Family:
Xenophoridae
Genus:
Stellaria

Schmidt in Möller, 1832
Type species
Trochus solaris Linnaeus, 1764
Synonyms
  • Haliphoebus Fischer in Kiener, 1879
  • Xenophora (Stellaria) Schmidt, 1832

Stellaria is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.

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