Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Order: Trochida |
| Family: Turbinidae |
| Genus: Astralium |
| Species: Astralium dalli (Maury, 1910) |
Information
Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Chipola Formation |
Remarks
Common name: n/a
Synonymy: n/a
Type specimen, locality, and stratum: n/a
Other voucher specimens: n/a
Descriptions:
Original Description (from Maury, 1910, p. 31-32):
“Shell small, depressed, trochiform, four-whorled, with eight slender spines at the periphery; surface of the whorls coarsely wrinkled just beneath the spines and finely wrinkled just above the spines. Between these wrinkled bands are four faint spirals generally seen only with a lens. Base rather flat with four or five raised threads, either smooth or slightly beaded.
Height of shell 3.5; greatest width 5 mm.
Specimens of this species were described in 1892, but not named by Dr. Dall to whom the shell is now dedicated.
Chipola marls, Bailey’s Ferry, Florida.
Cornell University collection.”
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Measurements: n/a
Other remarks: n/a
References: n/a
Online resources: n/a
Page history:
Some of the content on this page was originally published on the Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life on February 4, 2015. It was developed by Jonathan R. Hendricks and colleagues and migrated here in 2026.
This page was last modified on October 28, 2026 by Jonathan R. Hendricks.
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