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Stellaria (gastropod)

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

Description
Shells medium-sized to large (diameter of base without attachments 65–128 mm; height of shell 48–70 mm), rather depressed to moderately high-spired, widely umbilicate, with wide peripheral flange (30-40% of total diameter at base) which is simple in some species or is digitate or divided into numerous long, hollow, narrow, parallel-sided spines. Ventral side of peripheral flange non-porcellanous. Foreign objects usually small to very small covering less than 30% of dorsal surface. ==Species==
Species
Species within the genus Stellaria include: • Stellaria gigantea (Schepman, 1909) • Stellaria lamberti (Souverbie, 1871) • Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1764) (type species of Stellaria) • Stellaria testigera (Bronn, 1831) • Stellaria testigera digitata von Martens, 1878 • Stellaria testigera profunda Ponder, 1983 ==References==
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