Megadenus
| Megadenus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Eulimoidea |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Megadenus Rosén, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| Megadenus holothuricola Rosen, 1910 | |
Megadenus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. [1]
Species
Species within this genus include the following: [1]
- Megadenus cantharelloides (Humphreys & Lützen, 1972)
- Megadenus holothuricola (Rosen, 1910)
- Megadenus oneirophantae (Bouchet & Lützen, 1980)
- Megadenus voeltzkovi (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Megadenus arrhynchus (Ivanov, 1937): synonym of Paramegadenus arrhynchus (Ivanov, 1937)
- Megadenus cysticola (Koehler & Vaney, 1925): synonym of Sabinella cysticola (Koehler & Vaney, 1925)
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Megadenus Rosén, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137977 on 2014-12-21
- Rosén N. 1910. Zur Kenntnis der parasitischen Schnecken. Kongliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, n. f., 21(4): 1-67
- Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.
page(s): 53.
External links
| External identifiers for Megadenus | |
|---|---|
| WoRMS | 137977 |
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