Asterophila rathbunasteri

Asterophila rathbunasteri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of three known species within the genus Asterophila; the other congeneric species are Asterophila japonica and Asterophila perknasteri.[1]

Asterophila rathbunasteri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Asterophila
Species:
A. rathbunasteri
Binomial name
Asterophila rathbunasteri
Warén, in Warén & Lewis, 1994

References

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  1. ^ Warén, in Warén & Lewis, 1994. Warén A. & Lewis L.M. (1994) Tho new species of eulimid gastropods endoparasitic in asteroids. The Veliger 37(4):325-335. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536280 on 2013-02-11.
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