Deep-Sea taxon details
Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843)
491633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491633)
accepted
Species
Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844 · unaccepted
Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843) MacGillivray, W. (1843). A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, to which is appended an account of the cirripedal animals of the same district. <em>Cunningham & Mortimer, London.</em> xxiv + 372 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64238 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491633 on 2026-09-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=491633 on 2026-09-14
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original description
(of Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844) Alder J. (1844). Descriptions of some new British species of <i>Rissoa</i> and <i>Odostomia</i>. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History</i> 13: 323-328, pl. 8, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287021 [details] 
original description (of Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843) MacGillivray, W. (1843). A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, to which is appended an account of the cirripedal animals of the same district. <em>Cunningham & Mortimer, London.</em> xxiv + 372 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64238 [details]
basis of record 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): 27-29 [details] Available for editors
additional source Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2021). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 13: Murchisonelloidea and Pyramidelloidea. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 21(2): 201-393., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020185
page(s): 216, pl. 13 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843) MacGillivray, W. (1843). A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, to which is appended an account of the cirripedal animals of the same district. <em>Cunningham & Mortimer, London.</em> xxiv + 372 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64238 [details]
basis of record 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): 27-29 [details] Available for editors
additional source Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2021). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 13: Murchisonelloidea and Pyramidelloidea. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 21(2): 201-393., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1020185
page(s): 216, pl. 13 figs 1-2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | mosselslurpertje [from synonym]mosselslurper [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | mussel slurpermussel pyramidsnailmussel pyramid shell | [details] |
| German | Gestufte Pyramidenschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachystomia scalaris)
To GB Mollusca Types (Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844; Holotype; NEWHM:HANM.02086) (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To Genbank (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To Genbank
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
To Malacopics (Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843) Netherlands, Zeeland, Westerschelde, De ...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachystomia scalaris)
To GB Mollusca Types (Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844; Holotype; NEWHM:HANM.02086) (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To Genbank (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To Genbank
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
To Malacopics (Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843) Netherlands, Zeeland, Westerschelde, De ...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia nitida Alder, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Odostomia scalaris MacGillivray, 1843)
