WoRMS taxon details
Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828)
528084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:528084)
accepted
Species
Astraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted
Lithopoma undosum (W. Wood, 1828) · unaccepted
Trochus balaenarum Valenciennes, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 16, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 16, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528084 on 2025-12-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 16, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Trochus balaenarum Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 3 figs 1-1c [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 60 [details]
basis of record 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
page(s): 200, figs 3a-b, 5c [details]
page(s): 16, pl. 5 Trochus fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Trochus balaenarum Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 3 figs 1-1c [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 60 [details]
basis of record 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
page(s): 200, figs 3a-b, 5c [details]
Other
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wavy turbansnail [from synonym]wavy starsnail [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Gewellte Stern- Turbanschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Astraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828))
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Astraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lithopoma undosum (W. Wood, 1828))
To Conchology (Megastraea undosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megastraea undosa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Lithopoma undosum (W. Wood, 1828))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Astraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828) United States, California, Orange County, Laguna ...
To Malacopics (Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828) United States, California, San Diego County, La J...
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Astraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lithopoma undosum (W. Wood, 1828))
To Conchology (Megastraea undosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megastraea undosa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Lithopoma undosum (W. Wood, 1828))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Trochus undosus W. Wood, 1828)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Astraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828) United States, California, Orange County, Laguna ...
To Malacopics (Megastraea undosa (W. Wood, 1828) United States, California, San Diego County, La J...
To ITIS
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