African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Astraea Röding, 1798

AphiaID

206461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206461)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Astraea Röding, 1798

Synonymised names

Astrea [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Astraea cookii (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Cookia sulcata ([Lightfoot], 1786) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Astraea johnsoni (Odhner, 1923) accepted as Bolma johnsoni (Odhner, 1923) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Astraea tuberosa (R. A. Philippi, 1843) accepted as Lithopoma tectum ([Lightfoot], 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 79 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Astraea Röding, 1798. Accessed through: 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206461 on 2026-05-19

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 Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206461 on 2026-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-08-29 16:17:48Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-08-26 14:08:03Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-03-26 20:52:27Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-08-05 02:32:28Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2026-01-03 08:27:45Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 79 [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

additional source Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 114 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astraea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astraea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astrea) (from synonym Astrea [sic])