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title: "Caracol estrella corrugado"
description: "Megastraea undosa — Otros animales. Megastraea undosa, common name the wavy turban snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/wavy-turban
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Caracol estrella corrugado

> Megastraea undosa — Otros animales. Megastraea undosa, common name the wavy turban snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

- Scientific name: *Megastraea undosa*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7841
- Wikidata: [Q3137567](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3137567)
- iNaturalist taxon: [121180](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121180)

## Names

- en: Wavy Turban
- es: Caracol estrella corrugado

## Countries with the most observations

US (7350), MX (240)

## Summary

Megastraea undosa, common name the wavy turban snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. This species is native to the coast of California.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megastraea_undosa

## Photo

![Caracol estrella corrugado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wavy-turban/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Blanco · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268012636

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wavy-turban?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).