MolluscaBase - Megalomastoma leoninum L. Pfeiffer, 1856

MolluscaBase name details

Megalomastoma leoninum L. Pfeiffer, 1856

AphiaID

1433918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1433918)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Accepted name

Farcimen leoninum (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)

Rank

Species

Parent

Megalomastoma Swainson, 1840

Original name

Megalomastoma leoninum L. Pfeiffer, 1856

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Diagnosen neuer Landschnecken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter. Cassel (Theodor Fischer).</em> 3 (12): 43-48 [April 1856]; 3 (13): 49-52 [Juli 1856]; 3 (16): 206-209 [Dezember 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865010
page(s): 48 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Cuba

type locality contained in Cuba (origin: native) [details]

, Note Rangel

Type locality Rangel [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalomastoma leoninum L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1433918 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-04-29 06:56:20Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2024-10-30 16:41:50Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Diagnosen neuer Landschnecken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter. Cassel (Theodor Fischer).</em> 3 (12): 43-48 [April 1856]; 3 (13): 49-52 [Juli 1856]; 3 (16): 206-209 [Dezember 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865010
page(s): 48 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Rangel [details]