Megastraea
Genus of gastropods
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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.[2]
| Megastraea | |
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| 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 |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Megastraea McLean, 1970[1] |
| Type species | |
| Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828 | |
Species
Species within this genus were previously placed in the genus Astraea. They include:
- Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910)
- Megastraea undosa (Wood, 1828)
