WoRMS taxon details
Megastomia eutropia (Melvill, 1899)
1701629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1701629)
accepted
Species
Eulimastoma eutropia (Melvill, 1899) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Odostomia (Megastomia) eutropia Melvill, 1899 · unaccepted
Odostomia eutropia Melvill, 1899 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Odostomia eutropia var. crassispira Melvill, 1910 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Odostomia eutropia Melvill, 1899) Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208812
page(s): 94, pl. 1, fig. 14. [details]
page(s): 94, pl. 1, fig. 14. [details]
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megastomia eutropia (Melvill, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1701629 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Odostomia eutropia Melvill, 1899) Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208812
page(s): 94, pl. 1, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Odostomia eutropia var. crassispira Melvill, 1910) Melvill, J. C. (1910). A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 9: 171-207, pls 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825003
page(s): 205, pl. 6, fig. 15. [details]
new combination reference Nofroni, I., Renda, W. & Vannozzi, A. (2023). A glance at the Middle East: Notes on the genus <i>Megastomia</i> from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of three new species (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 59(2): 166-179.
page(s): 176 [details]
page(s): 94, pl. 1, fig. 14. [details]
original description (of Odostomia eutropia var. crassispira Melvill, 1910) Melvill, J. C. (1910). A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 9: 171-207, pls 4-6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825003
page(s): 205, pl. 6, fig. 15. [details]
new combination reference Nofroni, I., Renda, W. & Vannozzi, A. (2023). A glance at the Middle East: Notes on the genus <i>Megastomia</i> from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of three new species (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 59(2): 166-179.
page(s): 176 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Odostomia eutropia. Melvill, 1899. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) 4: 94, pl. 1, fig. 14 - catalog no. 164812) (from synonym Odostomia eutropia Melvill, 1899)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Odostomia eutropia Melvill, 1899)
To Malacopics (Eulimastoma eutropia (Melvill, 1899) United Arab Emirates, Dubayy, Dubai Town, beac... (from synonym Eulimastoma eutropia (Melvill, 1899))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Odostomia eutropia Melvill, 1899)
To Malacopics (Eulimastoma eutropia (Melvill, 1899) United Arab Emirates, Dubayy, Dubai Town, beac... (from synonym Eulimastoma eutropia (Melvill, 1899))
