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Megastraea undosa 
Shell of Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828), with operculum measuring 71.4 mm height by 89.9 mm diameter, collected at Salt Creek Beach, Laguna Niguel, in California. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Vetigastropoda Superfamily: Trochoidea Family: Turbinidae Subfamily: Turbininae Genus: Megastraeaa
McLean, 1970[1]Megastraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]
Species
Species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Astraea. They include:
- Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910)
- Megastraea undosa (Wood, 1828)
References
- ^ McLean J.H. (1970) New eastern Pacific subgenera of Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 and Astraea Röding, 1798. The Veliger 13(1): 71-72.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Megastraea McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528082
External links
External identifiers for Megastraea WoRMS 528082 
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