Macromphalus

Macromphalus is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vanikoridae.[1]

Macromphalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
cladeHypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vanikoroidea
Family:
Vanikoridae
Genus:
Macromphalus

S.V. Wood, 1842
Synonyms
  • Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860
  • † Dialytostoma Cossmann, 1888
  • † Escharella Cossmann, 1888
  • Fossarus (Couthouyia)

Species

Species within the genus Macromphalus include:

  • Macromphalus abylensis[2]
  • Macromphalus aculeatus (Hedley, 1900)
  • Macromphalus asperus (Hedley, 1912)
  • Macromphalus backeljaui Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
  • Macromphalus citharella (Cossmann, 1888) †
  • Macromphalus decussatus (A. Adams, 1860)
  • Macromphalus disjunctus (de Raincourt & Munier-Chalmas, 1863) †
  • Macromphalus fischeri (de Laubrière, 1881) †
  • Macromphalus gracilis (Brazier, 1894)
  • Macromphalus incertus (Turton, 1932)
  • Macromphalus mzambanus (Kilburn, 1977)
  • Macromphalus pasithea (Kilburn, 1977)
  • Macromphalus saharicus Rubio & Rolan, 1994
  • Macromphalus senegalensis (Knudsen, 1956)
  • Macromphalus styliferinus (Nevill, 1884)
  • Macromphalus subreticulatus (Nevill, 1884)
  • Macromphalus thelacme (Melvill, 1904)
  • Macromphalus walkeri Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
  • Macromphalus yamamotoi (Habe, 1978)
Species brought into synonymy
  • † Macromphalus decussatus (Cossmann, 1888): synonym of † Macromphalina decussata (Cossmann, 1888)

References
  1. Macromphalus S.V. Wood, 1842. Gofas, S. (2009). Macromphalus S.V. Wood, 1842. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Speciesathttp://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138625 on 27 December 2011 .
  2. Macromphalus abylensis Warén & Bouchet, 1988. Gofas, S. (2009). Macromphalus abylensis Warén & Bouchet, 1988. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Speciesathttp://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141889 on 14 August 2010 .
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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. 50: pp. 180–213.


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