WoRMS taxon details
Meioceras P. P. Carpenter, 1859
415618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415618)
accepted
Genus
Meioceras cornucopiae P. P. Carpenter, 1859 (type by subsequent designation)
Caecum (Meioceras) P. P. Carpenter, 1859 · unaccepted
Mioceras Cossmann, 1912 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (of Meioceras Carpenter, 1859)
- Species Meioceras cornucopiae P. P. Carpenter, 1859
- Species Meioceras cubitatum de Folin, 1868
- Species Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras tumidissimum de Folin, 1869
- Species Meioceras bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1934 accepted as Meioceras cornucopiae P. P. Carpenter, 1859 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Meioceras bitumidum de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras boucheti Pizzini & Raines, 2011 accepted as Mauroceras boucheti (Pizzini & Raines, 2011) (original combination)
- Species Meioceras carpenteri de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras cingulatum Dall, 1892 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Meioceras constrictum Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933 accepted as Meioceras cornucopiae P. P. Carpenter, 1859 (Invalid: secondary junior homonym of Meioceras constrictum (Gabb, 1873); M. bermudezi is a replacement name)
- Species Meioceras contractum de Folin, 1874 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras cornubovis P. P. Carpenter, 1859 accepted as Meioceras cornucopiae P. P. Carpenter, 1859
- Species Meioceras coxi de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras crossei de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras deshayesi de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras elongatum de Folin, 1881 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras fischeri de Folin, 1870 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras imiklis de Folin, 1870 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras kajiyamai T. Habe, 1963 accepted as Mauroceras kajiyamai (T. Habe, 1963) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Meioceras legumen (Hedley, 1899) accepted as Mauroceras legumen (Hedley, 1899)
- Species Meioceras leoni Bérillon, 1874 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras lermondi (Dall, 1924) accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Meioceras mariae de Folin, 1881 accepted as Meioceras cornucopiae P. P. Carpenter, 1859
- Species Meioceras moreleti de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras rhinoceros Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013 accepted as Mauroceras rhinoceros (Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013) (original combination)
- Species Meioceras sandwichense de Folin, 1881 accepted as Mauroceras sandwichense (de Folin, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Meioceras sandwichensis de Folin, 1881 accepted as Meioceras sandwichense de Folin, 1881 accepted as Mauroceras sandwichense (de Folin, 1881) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Meioceras serratum Vannozzi, 2017 accepted as Mauroceras serratum (Vannozzi, 2017) (original combination)
- Species Meioceras subinflexum de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
- Species Meioceras tenerum de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras cubitatum de Folin, 1868
- Species Meioceras undulosum de Folin, 1869 accepted as Meioceras nitidum (W. Stimpson, 1851)
marine
Carpenter, P. P. (1858-1859). First steps towards a monograph of the Caecidae, a family of rostriferous Gastropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1858) 26: 413-432 [14 Dec. 1858], 433-444 [Jan. to May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271951 [details]
(of Mioceras Cossmann, 1912) Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): 154 [details]
(of Mioceras Cossmann, 1912) Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): 154 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Meioceras P. P. Carpenter, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415618 on 2024-09-19
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original description
Carpenter, P. P. (1858-1859). First steps towards a monograph of the Caecidae, a family of rostriferous Gastropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1858) 26: 413-432 [14 Dec. 1858], 433-444 [Jan. to May 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271951 [details]
original description (of Mioceras Cossmann, 1912) Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Pizzini, M.; Raines, B.; Vannozzi, A. (2013). The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 49(10): 1-78., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/208745 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Egger, C.; Neusser, T. P.; Norenburg, J.; Leasi, F.; Buge, B.; Vannozzi, A.; Cunha, R. L.; Cox, C. J.; Jörger, K. M. (2020). Uncovering the shell game with barcodes: diversity of meiofaunal Caecidae snails (Truncatelloidea, Caenogastropoda) from Central America. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 968: 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.968.52986
note: According to this phylogenetic study, Meioceras could be a synonym of Caecum [details]
original description (of Mioceras Cossmann, 1912) Cossmann, M. (1912). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Neuvième livraison. Paris, The author and J. Lamarre & Cie. 215 pp., 10 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112976
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Pizzini, M.; Raines, B.; Vannozzi, A. (2013). The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 49(10): 1-78., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/208745 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Egger, C.; Neusser, T. P.; Norenburg, J.; Leasi, F.; Buge, B.; Vannozzi, A.; Cunha, R. L.; Cox, C. J.; Jörger, K. M. (2020). Uncovering the shell game with barcodes: diversity of meiofaunal Caecidae snails (Truncatelloidea, Caenogastropoda) from Central America. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 968: 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.968.52986
note: According to this phylogenetic study, Meioceras could be a synonym of Caecum [details]
From editor or global species database
Phylogeny The genus Meioceras is nested within a clade of Caecum species, so indicating that it might be a synonym of Caecum, but for a final conclusion more specimens should be studied, see Egger et al., 2020: 31. [details]From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]