''Megastraea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of medium-sized to large
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s with a
calcareous operculum,
marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Turbinidae, the turban snails.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2011). Megastraea McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528082]
Species
Species within this genus were previously placed in the genus ''
Astraea''. They include:
* ''
Megastraea turbanica''
(Dall, 1910)
* ''
Megastraea undosa''
(Wood, 1828)
References
Turbinidae
Gastropod genera
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