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Megastraea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Turbinidae

Megastraea

Similar
  
Lithopoma, Guildfordia, Lithopoma tuber, Lithopoma caelatum, Astraea heliotropium

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)
  • References

    Megastraea Wikipedia