Megastraea turbanica

Megastraea turbanica
Shell of Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910), with operculum measuring 41.2 mm in height by 45.7 mm diameter, found intertidally at San Felipe, in Mexico.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Subfamily:	Turbininae
Genus:	Megastraea
Species:	M. turbanica
Binomial name
Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910)
Synonyms
Astraea petrothauma Berry, 1940 Astraea rupicollina Stohler, 1959 Pomaulax turbanicus Dall, 1910 (basionym)

Megastraea turbanica^[1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

Distribution

Description

Habitat

References

1. ^ Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528083 on 5 October 2010.

External links

• Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245.

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