WoRMS name details
Bosciinae Newman & Ross, 1976
733052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:733052)
unaccepted (Boscia de Ferussac 1822 is junior homonym to Boscia Schweigger, 1819. Holthuis (1982) concluded Megatrema Sowerby 1823 is the replacement name for Boscia de Ferussac 1822. Holthuis (1982) conclude it is necessary to replace Bosciinae by Megatrematinae. )
Subfamily
Megatrema Sowerby, 1823 (type by original designation)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Bosciinae Newman & Ross, 1976. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=733052 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Newman, W.A. and A. Ross. 1976. Revision of the balanomorph barnacles; including a catalog of the species. San Diego Society of Natural History, Memoir 9. p. 1-108. [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information Newman and Ross (1976) (p39, 59) erected the new subfamily Bosciinae to house the genus Boscia, which contains the species B. anglica, B. madreporarae, B. oulastreae and B. sequenzai. Due to the name Boscia is pre-occupied. The subfamily Bosciinae was renamed to Megatrematinae Holthuis, 1982. Ross and Pitombo (2002) revised revised the subfamily Megatrematinae. Under the revision by Ross and Pitombo (2002), B. anglica is classified as Adna anglica, B. madreporarae is classified as Megatrema madreporarum, B. oulastreae and B. sequenzai is now under the genus Pyrgomina. See the Megatrematinae in WoRMS. (From Benny Chan) [details]
