Megadenus

Megadenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Eulimoidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Megadenus
Rosén, 1910
Type species
Megadenus holothuricola Rosen, 1910

Megadenus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Species

Species within this genus include the following:[1]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Megadenus arrhynchus (Ivanov, 1937): synonym of Paramegadenus arrhynchus (Ivanov, 1937)
  • Megadenus cysticola (Koehler & Vaney, 1925): synonym of Sabinella cysticola (Koehler & Vaney, 1925)

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Megadenus Rosén, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137977 on 2014-12-21
  • Rosén N. 1910. Zur Kenntnis der parasitischen Schnecken. Kongliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, n. f., 21(4): 1-67
  • Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.

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