MolluscaBase - Megalomastoma (Farcimen) bituberculatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)

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Megalomastoma (Farcimen) bituberculatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)

AphiaID

1455216 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1455216)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Farcimen bituberculatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)

Rank

Species

Parent

Megalomastoma (Farcimen) Troschel, 1847 accepted as Farcimen Troschel, 1847

Original name

Cyclostoma bituberculatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1850

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Variety Megalomastoma (Farcimen) bituberculatum var. minor Kobelt, 1902 accepted as Farcimen bituberculatum minor (Kobelt, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cyclostoma bituberculatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1850). Descriptions of some additional species of Cyclostoma. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (11): 157*–168*, pls 31A, 31B. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937435
page(s): 164, pl. 31A, figs. 290, 291 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalomastoma (Farcimen) bituberculatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1455216 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-08-20 19:38:06Z

created

Páll-Gergely, Barna

2024-10-26 16:28:31Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of Cyclostoma bituberculatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1850). Descriptions of some additional species of Cyclostoma. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (11): 157*–168*, pls 31A, 31B. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937435
page(s): 164, pl. 31A, figs. 290, 291 [details]

basis of record Kobelt W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. Das Tierreich. XXXIX + 662 pp., 1 map. [July]. Berlin (R. Friedländer)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1000211
page(s): 265 [details]