Apparently, asterina stars are not asterinas, and astraea snails are not astraeas.

[encrustingacro]

Asterina stars are actually of the genus aquilonastra, and astraea snails are from the genus lithopoma.

Aquilonastra Conandae

Asterina Fimbriata

Lithopoma Americanum

Lithopoma Tectum

Astraea Heliotropium, the only valid species of astraea

 

[Goaway]

Umm..

Genus Aquilonastra - iNaturalist Guatemala
Aquilonastra is a genus of small sea stars within the family Asterinidae. It has over twenty described species.

We'll probably keep calling them. "Asterinia" stars. Nice little info though.

You google stuff. Stuff like this pops up.

Scientific name: Aquilonastra
Order: Valvatida
Rank: Genus
Family: Asterinidae