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 within the genus Stellaria include:


 * Stellaria chinensis (Philippi, 1841)
 * 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