Pacific star shell
Astralium haematragum
- Water temperature20–27 °C
- Best monthsJune and September
- How commonRare
About this species
Astralium haematragum, common name the Pacific star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Astralium haematragum”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–27 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pacific star shell
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- ウラウズガイ
- Korean
- 바퀴고둥
- Simplified Chinese
- 白星螺
Other scientific names: Trochus haematragus
Similar species
- Common Tent Shell
Astralium tentoriiforme
Spurred starshellAstralium calcar
- rotary star shell
Astralium rotularium
- blue-mouthed turban
Astralium stellare
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 151 open-data records from 1968 to 2021.
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