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Megastraea
Sign in to saveMegastraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Species
Wavy Turban
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTurbinidae
Habitatmarine
Observations7,528
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Collections
- LACM, UCMP, CASG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Antigua & Barbuda, Marshall Islands
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Turbinidae
- Image
- Lithopoma undosum.jpg
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- Megastraea
- taxon name
- Megastraea
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Megastraea
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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.
==Species== Species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Astraea. They include: Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910) Megastraea undosa (Wood, 1828)
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