Megastraea undosa

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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 Beack, Laguna Niguel, in California.]]
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M. undosa
Binomial name
Megastraea undosa
(W. Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Lithopoma undosum (W. Wood, 1828)
Astraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828)
Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828 (basionym)

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

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References

  1. ^ Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 August 2011.

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.
  • Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.