Stellaria chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.

The species has a depressed shell with a spire twice as wide as high at a 95 º angle and radial ridges that create distinct beading pattern and are primarily white with some found to be pale yellowish-brown to yellowish-white.

[2] Found in benthic waters on continental shelves and slopes of depths from 4-140m, the beautiful sea snail is native to the western Pacific more specifically the Indian Ocean, Central Indo-Pacific, and north-eastern Australia.

[5] In a similar fashion to most species in the Xenophoridae family, the beautiful sea snail uses locomotion referred to as a “leaping motion” or “a one-legged stomp” by extending its strombidae (foot) and muscular column which then contracts pulling the shell over.

[2] The beautiful sea snail has a small and multi-spiral protoconch which suggests a planktonic larval life which is believed to be rather long to account for the wide geographical range it occupies.