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Megastraea J. H. McLean, 1970
528082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:528082)
accepted
Genus
Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828 accepted as Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828) (type by original designation)
Astraea (Megastraea) J. H. McLean, 1970 · unaccepted (original rank)
marine
feminine
(of Astraea (Megastraea) J. H. McLean, 1970) McLean J.H. (1970) New eastern Pacific subgenera of Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 and Astraea Röding, 1798. <i>The Veliger</i> 13(1): 71-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42500716
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Megastraea McLean, 1970. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528082 on 2025-09-10
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(of Astraea (Megastraea) J. H. McLean, 1970) McLean J.H. (1970) New eastern Pacific subgenera of Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 and Astraea Röding, 1798. <i>The Veliger</i> 13(1): 71-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42500716
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), <i>A Conchological Iconography</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245. [details]
additional source Tuskes, P. M. & Tuskes, A. M. (2025). <i>Megastraea turbanica</i> (Dall, 1910) vs. <i>Megastraea rupicollina</i> (Stohler, 1959) (Turbinidae). <em>The Festivus.</em> 57(3): 196-206., available online at http://doi:10.54173/F573196 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), <i>A Conchological Iconography</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245. [details]
additional source Tuskes, P. M. & Tuskes, A. M. (2025). <i>Megastraea turbanica</i> (Dall, 1910) vs. <i>Megastraea rupicollina</i> (Stohler, 1959) (Turbinidae). <em>The Festivus.</em> 57(3): 196-206., available online at http://doi:10.54173/F573196 [details]
