Species Astralium calcar (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Turbo calcar Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [762].

 

Generic Combinations

• Astralium calcar (Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Algal substrate, marine, subtidal.

 

General References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [499]

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [20]

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [2]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [499] (Spurred Turban Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Aug-2021	TURBINIDAE	23-Sep-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
		22-Aug-2011	MODIFIED