Meioceras is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.[1]
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| Lectotype of Meioceras nitidum at MNHN, Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Caecidae |
| Genus: | Meioceras Carpenter, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Caecum (Meioceras) Carpenter, 1859 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Meioceras include:
- Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1858[2]
- Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868[3]
- † Meioceras mateldae Selli, 1974
- Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)[4]
- Meioceras tumidissimum de Folin, 1869
- Species brought into synonymy
- Meioceras bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1934: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
- Meioceras bitumidum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras boucheti Pizzini & Raines, 2011: synonym of Mauroceras boucheti (Pizzini & Raines, 2011) (original combination)
- Meioceras carpenteri de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras cingulatum Dall, 1892: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras constrictum Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
- Meioceras contractum de Folin, 1874: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras cornubovis Carpenter, 1859: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
- Meioceras coxi de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras crossei de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras deshayesi de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras fischeri de Folin, 1870: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras imiklis de Folin, 1870: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras kajiyamai Habe, 1963: synonym of Mauroceras kajiyamai (Habe, 1963) (original combination)
- Meioceras legumen (Hedley, 1899): synonym of Mauroceras legumen (Hedley, 1899)
- Meioceras leoni Bérillon, 1874: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras mariae de Folin, 1881: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
- Meioceras moreleti de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras rhinoceros Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013: synonym of Mauroceras rhinoceros (Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013) (original combination)
- Meioceras sandwichense de Folin, 1881: synonym of Mauroceras sandwichense (de Folin, 1881) (original combination)
- Meioceras subinflexum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
- Meioceras tenerum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras cubitatum de Folin, 1868
- Meioceras undulosum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
References edit
- ^ Meioceras Carpenter, 1859. WoRMS (2010). Meioceras. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at http://www.marine* .eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415618 on 4 June 2013 .
- ^ Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1858. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
- ^ Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
- ^ Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
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