Megastraea turbanica
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| Megastraea turbanica | |
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| 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 | |
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Astraea petrothauma Berry, 1940 | |
Megastraea turbanica[1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Description
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References
- ↑ Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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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