MSBIAS taxon details
Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1791)
104065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104065)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3347 [details]
page(s): 3347 [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2026). World Brachiopoda Database. Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104065 on 2026-05-31
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104065 on 2026-05-31
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3347 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 334 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alvarez F., Brunton C. H. C. & Long S. L., 2008. Loop ultrastructure and development in Recent Megathiridoidea, with description of a new genus, <i>Joania</i> (type species <i>Terebratula cordata</i> Risso, 1826). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 98, 391-403., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755691008075130
note: Contains detailed imagery of shell morphology (Figure 8-10), and comparison to species of Argyrotheca. [details]
additional source Logan, A. (1983). Brachiopoda collected by CANCAP I-III expeditions to the south-east North Atlantic, 1976–1978. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 57(18): 165-189, 3 fig., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
additional source Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1933). VI. Verzeichnis der Brachiopoden-Sammlung des naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden. <em>Uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van natuurlijke historie te. Deel XV. LEIDEN. Aflevering 3-4.</em> 129-148. [details]
additional source Bitner, M. A.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2021). Taxonomic composition and assemblage structure of brachiopods from two submarine caves in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 88(1): 316-327., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24750263.2021.1887947 [details] Available for editors
additional source Logan, A., Noble, J.P.A. (1983). Recent brachiopods from Malta. <em>The Central Mediterranean Naturalist.</em> 1(2): 33-42. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 3347 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 334 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alvarez F., Brunton C. H. C. & Long S. L., 2008. Loop ultrastructure and development in Recent Megathiridoidea, with description of a new genus, <i>Joania</i> (type species <i>Terebratula cordata</i> Risso, 1826). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 98, 391-403., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755691008075130
note: Contains detailed imagery of shell morphology (Figure 8-10), and comparison to species of Argyrotheca. [details]
additional source Logan, A. (1983). Brachiopoda collected by CANCAP I-III expeditions to the south-east North Atlantic, 1976–1978. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 57(18): 165-189, 3 fig., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
additional source Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Stiasny, G. (1933). VI. Verzeichnis der Brachiopoden-Sammlung des naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden. <em>Uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van natuurlijke historie te. Deel XV. LEIDEN. Aflevering 3-4.</em> 129-148. [details]
additional source Bitner, M. A.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2021). Taxonomic composition and assemblage structure of brachiopods from two submarine caves in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 88(1): 316-327., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24750263.2021.1887947 [details] Available for editors
additional source Logan, A., Noble, J.P.A. (1983). Recent brachiopods from Malta. <em>The Central Mediterranean Naturalist.</em> 1(2): 33-42. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megathiris detruncata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 13774462)
To PESI
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megathiris detruncata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 13774462)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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