WoRMS taxon details

Macromphalus S. V. Wood, 1842

138625  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138625)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Vanikoroidea (Superfamily)
  8. Vanikoridae (Family)
  9. Macromphalus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dialytostoma Cossmann, 1888 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Escharella Cossmann, 1888 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Escharella Gray, 1848 [Bryozoa]
Escharella (Dialytostoma) Cossmann, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Escharella (Micromphalina) Cossmann, 1888 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Fossar (Couthouyia) A. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Fossarus (Couthouyia) A. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Macromphalus (Dialytostoma) Cossmann, 1888 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macromphalus (Macromphalus) S. V. Wood, 1842 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Macromphalus (Micreschara) Cossmann, 1889 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Micreschara Cossmann, 1889 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Micromphalina Cossmann, 1888 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vanikoro (Micromphalina) Cossmann, 1888 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Macromphalus abylensis Warén & Bouchet, 1988
  2. Species Macromphalus aculeatus (Hedley, 1900)
  3. Species Macromphalus aethiopicus (Thiele, 1925)
  4. Species Macromphalus asperus (Hedley, 1912)
  5. Species Macromphalus backeljaui Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
  6. Species Macromphalus comorensis (Thiele, 1925)
  7. Species Macromphalus crebrestriatus (Thiele, 1925)
  8. Species Macromphalus decussatus (A. Adams, 1860)
  9. Species Macromphalus gracilis (Brazier, 1894)
  10. Species Macromphalus incertus (W. H. Turton, 1932)
  11. Species Macromphalus indicus (E. A. Smith, 1894)
  12. Species Macromphalus inflatus (Thiele, 1925)
  13. Species Macromphalus insignis (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871)
  14. Species Macromphalus jinyuae L.-W. Lin, 2023
  15. Species Macromphalus liae W.-J. Chen & C.-F. Tseng, 2023
  16. Species Macromphalus magnificus Poppe & Tagaro, 2016
  17. Species Macromphalus mzambanus (Kilburn, 1977)
  18. Species Macromphalus pasithea (Kilburn, 1977)
  19. Species Macromphalus pliciferus (A. Adams, 1863)
  20. Species Macromphalus reticulatus (A. Adams, 1855) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, non S. V. Wood, 1842)
  21. Species Macromphalus saharicus Rubio & Rolán, 1994
  22. Species Macromphalus senegalensis (Knudsen, 1956)
  23. Species Macromphalus striatulus (A. Adams, 1863)
  24. Species Macromphalus styliferinus (G. Nevill, 1885)
  25. Species Macromphalus subreticulatus (G. Nevill, 1885)
  26. Species Macromphalus sundaicus (Thiele, 1925)
  27. Species Macromphalus superbus (Thiele, 1925)
  28. Species Macromphalus thelacme (Melvill, 1904)
  29. Species Macromphalus tornatilis (A. A. Gould, 1859)
  30. Species Macromphalus tyroi Hoenselaar & Moolenbeck, 1994
  31. Species Macromphalus walkeri Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
  32. Species Macromphalus yamamotoi (Habe, 1978)
  33. Species Macromphalus unicarinalis (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  34. Subgenus Macromphalus (Macromphalus) S. V. Wood, 1842 accepted as Macromphalus S. V. Wood, 1842 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Subgenus Macromphalus (Megalomphalus) Brusina, 1871 accepted as Megalomphalus Brusina, 1871
      1. Species Macromphalus okamotoi (T. Habe, 1962) accepted as Amamiconcha okamotoi T. Habe, 1962 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
      marine
      Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
      page(s): 537 [details] 
      MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macromphalus S. V. Wood, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138625 on 2026-01-08
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      2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
      created
      Gofas, Serge
      2006-03-14 11:45:57Z
      changed
      Nsiangango, Silvi Edith
      2006-09-22 06:50:38Z
      changed
      Martinez, Olga
      2011-07-19 15:04:26Z
      checked
      Bouchet, Philippe
      2016-06-18 09:36:00Z
      changed
      Bouchet, Philippe
      2018-04-28 09:50:39Z
      changed
      Bouchet, Philippe

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      Nomenclature

      original description Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
      page(s): 537 [details] 

      original description (of Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860) Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413 [1 May 1860]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320773
      page(s): 410. [details] 

      original description (of Micreschara Cossmann, 1889) Cossmann M. (1889). Note rectificative sur la nomenclature d'un genre de coquilles fossiles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 36(4): 335., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15980291 [details] 

      original description (of Escharella (Micromphalina) Cossmann, 1888 †) Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 23: 3-328; pls 1-12. [published 1889; also published as preprint in 1888; see Breure & Backhuys, 2012: 140]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609412
      page(s): 183 [offprint: 187] [details] 

      original description (of Micromphalina Cossmann, 1888 †) Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 23: 3-328; pls 1-12. [published 1889; also published as preprint in 1888; see Breure & Backhuys, 2012: 140]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609412
      page(s): 183 [details] 

      original description (of Escharella (Dialytostoma) Cossmann, 1888) Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. <em>Annales de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique.</em> 23: 3-328; pls 1-12. [published 1889; also published as preprint in 1888; see Breure & Backhuys, 2012: 140]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609412
      page(s): 181 [details] 

      Other

      additional source Warén, A.; Bouchet, P. (1988). A new species of Vanikoridae from the western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 24 (5-8): 73-100. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

      		 
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      To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Escharella) (from synonym Escharella Cossmann, 1888 †)
      To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macromphalus) 
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