ERMS taxon details
Megastomia Monterosato, 1884
224395 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224395)
accepted
Genus
Odostomia conspicua Alder, 1850 accepted as Megastomia conspicua (Alder, 1850) (type by original designation)
Evelynella Laws, 1940 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Odostomia (Megastomia) Monterosato, 1884 · unaccepted
Stomega Dall & Bartsch, 1904 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)
unnecessary replacement name for Megastomia
- Species Megastomia alungata (F. Nordsieck, 1972)
- Species Megastomia conoidea (Brocchi, 1814)
- Species Megastomia conspicua (Alder, 1850)
- Species Megastomia gilsoni (Dautzenberg, 1912)
- Species Megastomia lorioli (Hornung & Mermod, 1924)
- Species Megastomia palmaensis Peñas & Rolán, 1999
- Species Megastomia winfriedi Peñas & Rolán, 1999
- Species Megastomia marci (van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & Goud, 1998) accepted as Odetta marci van Aartsen, E. Gittenberger & Goud, 1998
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Odostomia (Megastomia) Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 94; note: as "section" of Odostomia Fleming, 1813 [details]
page(s): 94; note: as "section" of Odostomia Fleming, 1813 [details]
Taxonomy Over fifty species worldwide have been placed in (sub)genus Megastomia Monterosato, 1884 by a number of authors (e.g....
Taxonomy Over fifty species worldwide have been placed in (sub)genus Megastomia Monterosato, 1884 by a number of authors (e.g. Saurin, 1959, 1962; Peñas & Rolán, 1999; Giannuzzi-Savelli et al. (2014). On the basis of 16s mtDNA sequence data, Schander et al. (2003) distinguished, and placed in Megastomia, two species (M. conoidea (Brocchi, 1814) and M. corimbensis (Schander, 1994)), which clustered separately from other species placed in Odostomia Fleming, 1813. However Høisæter (2014: 34) correctly pointed out that the type species Odostomia conspicua Alder, 1850 "is a typical Odostomia s.s. and has few traits in common with O. conoidea".
Considering the large number of species involved, and considering that for most of these species Odostomia is probably not more appropriate, the published combinations with Megastomia are nevertheless retained herein as "accepted" until more data become available. [details]
Considering the large number of species involved, and considering that for most of these species Odostomia is probably not more appropriate, the published combinations with Megastomia are nevertheless retained herein as "accepted" until more data become available. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Megastomia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=224395 on 2025-04-05
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Megastomia Monterosato, 1884. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224395 on 2025-04-05
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original description
(of Odostomia (Megastomia) Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). <i>Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee</i>. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711
page(s): 94; note: as "section" of Odostomia Fleming, 1813 [details]
original description (of Stomega Dall & Bartsch, 1904) Dall, W. H. & Bartsch, P. (1904). Synopsis of the genera, subgenera and sections of the family Pyramidellidae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 17: 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329378 [details]
original description (of Evelynella Laws, 1940 †) Laws, C.R. (1940). A review of Tertiary and recent neozelanic pyramidellid molluscs. No. 7 — further odostomid genera. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 70: 150-160., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_70/rsnz_70_02_002230.pdf
page(s): 153 [details]
additional source Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 144: 1-191. [April 2013]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Høisæter, T. (2014). The Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Norway and adjacent waters. A taxonomic review. <em>Fauna Norvegica.</em> 34: 7-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v34i0.1672
page(s): 33-35 [details] Available for editors
additional source Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Micali, P.; Nofroni, I.; Bartolini, S. (2014). <i>Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 5 (Heterobranchia)</i>. Palermo, Edizioni Danaus. pp. 1-111, with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1-91.
page(s): 56-58, appendix p. 13-14, 61-62 [details]
additional source Schander, C.; Halanych, K. M.; Dahlgren, T.; Sundberg, P. (2003). Test of the monophyly of Odostomiinae and Turbonilliinae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) based on 16S mtDNA sequences. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 32(3): 243-254., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00112.x [details]
page(s): 94; note: as "section" of Odostomia Fleming, 1813 [details]
original description (of Stomega Dall & Bartsch, 1904) Dall, W. H. & Bartsch, P. (1904). Synopsis of the genera, subgenera and sections of the family Pyramidellidae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 17: 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329378 [details]
original description (of Evelynella Laws, 1940 †) Laws, C.R. (1940). A review of Tertiary and recent neozelanic pyramidellid molluscs. No. 7 — further odostomid genera. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 70: 150-160., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_70/rsnz_70_02_002230.pdf
page(s): 153 [details]
additional source Robba, E. (2013). Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 144: 1-191. [April 2013]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Høisæter, T. (2014). The Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Norway and adjacent waters. A taxonomic review. <em>Fauna Norvegica.</em> 34: 7-78., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v34i0.1672
page(s): 33-35 [details] Available for editors
additional source Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Micali, P.; Nofroni, I.; Bartolini, S. (2014). <i>Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 5 (Heterobranchia)</i>. Palermo, Edizioni Danaus. pp. 1-111, with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1-91.
page(s): 56-58, appendix p. 13-14, 61-62 [details]
additional source Schander, C.; Halanych, K. M.; Dahlgren, T.; Sundberg, P. (2003). Test of the monophyly of Odostomiinae and Turbonilliinae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) based on 16S mtDNA sequences. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 32(3): 243-254., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00112.x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Over fifty species worldwide have been placed in (sub)genus Megastomia Monterosato, 1884 by a number of authors (e.g. Saurin, 1959, 1962; Peñas & Rolán, 1999; Giannuzzi-Savelli et al. (2014). On the basis of 16s mtDNA sequence data, Schander et al. (2003) distinguished, and placed in Megastomia, two species (M. conoidea (Brocchi, 1814) and M. corimbensis (Schander, 1994)), which clustered separately from other species placed in Odostomia Fleming, 1813. However Høisæter (2014: 34) correctly pointed out that the type species Odostomia conspicua Alder, 1850 "is a typical Odostomia s.s. and has few traits in common with O. conoidea". Considering the large number of species involved, and considering that for most of these species Odostomia is probably not more appropriate, the published combinations with Megastomia are nevertheless retained herein as "accepted" until more data become available. [details]
