- Megastraea turbanica
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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.
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References
- ^ 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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