MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Megalomphalus Brusina, 1871

ERMS taxon details

Megalomphalus Brusina, 1871

Megalomphalus azonus (Brusina, 1865)
Shell from Rincon de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain (actual size 2.7 mm)

AphiaID

138626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138626)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Stomatia azonea Brusina, 1865 accepted as Megalomphalus azoneus (Brusina, 1865) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Vanikoridae J. E. Gray, 1840

Original name

Megalomphalus Brusina, 1871

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Species Megalomphalus azoneus (Brusina, 1865)
Species Megalomphalus petitianus (Tiberi, 1868)
Species Megalomphalus ronaldi Segers, Swinnen & De Prins, 2009
Species Megalomphalus yoidanyi Fr. Giusti, Nappo & Pagli, 2018
Species Megalomphalus depressus (G. Seguenza, 1876) accepted as Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata Grillo, 1877) accepted as Megalomphalus azoneus (Brusina, 1865) (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: secondary junior homonym of Adeorbis depressus A. Adams, 1861; Adeorbis seguenzianus is a replacement name)
Species Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata Grillo, 1877) accepted as Megalomphalus azoneus (Brusina, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Megalomphalus mercatoris Adam & Knudsen, 1969 accepted as Megalomphalus depressus (G. Seguenza, 1876) accepted as Megalomphalus disciformis (Granata Grillo, 1877) accepted as Megalomphalus azoneus (Brusina, 1865)

Environment

marine

Original description

Brusina, S. (1871). Saggio della malacologia Adriatica. Bullettino Malacologico Italiano. 4: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39452665
page(s): 9 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalomphalus Brusina, 1871. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138626 on 2026-01-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Megalomphalus Brusina, 1871. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138626 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-03-17 07:58:39Z

changed

Wambiji, Nina

2010-08-29 13:02:12Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-09-18 08:12:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-04-28 09:50:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Brusina, S. (1871). Saggio della malacologia Adriatica. Bullettino Malacologico Italiano. 4: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39452665
page(s): 9 [details]

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. Bollettino Malacologico. 24 (5-8): 73-100. [details] Available for editors