Scalenostoma is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family. .[1]

Scalenostoma
Scalenostoma carinatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Scalenostoma
Deshayes, 1863
Type species
Scalenostoma carinatum Deshayes, 1863
Synonyms
  • Hyperlia Pilsbry, 1918
  • Odostomia (Scalenostoma)
  • Scalenostoma (Hyperlia) Pilsbry, 1917 (original combination)
  • Stilimella Laseron, 1955

Species edit

Species within the genera Scalenostoma include:[1]

Taxon inquirendum
  • Scalenostoma mariei P. Fischer, 1886
Species brought into synonymy
  • Scalenostoma abbreviata (Mörch, 1875): synonym of Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
  • Scalenostoma apiculatum Souverbie, 1875: synonym of Scalenostoma carinatum Deshayes, 1863
  • Scalenostoma corallina (Chemnitz, 1795): synonym of Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
  • Scalenostoma deshayesi A. Adams, 1870: synonym of Scalenostoma carinatum Deshayes, 1863
  • Scalenostoma hawaiiensis (Pilsbry, 1920): synonym of Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
  • Scalenostoma latior (Pilsbry, 1917): synonym of Scalenostoma carinatum Deshayes, 1863
  • Scalenostoma lubricum P. Fischer, 1886: synonym of Scalenostoma carinatum Deshayes, 1863
  • Scalenostoma pyramidata Laseron, 1951: synonym of Megastomia pyramidata (Laseron, 1951)
  • Scalenostoma remotissimus (Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
  • Scalenostoma robusta (Petterd, 1884): synonym of Scalenostoma lodderae (Petterd, 1884)
  • Scalenostoma striatum Hedley, 1905: synonym of Trochostilifer striatus (Hedley, 1905)
  • Scalenostoma subcarina Laseron, 1951: synonym of Megastomia subcarina (Laseron, 1951)
  • Scalenostoma suteri W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Pyramidelloides suteri (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
  • Scalenostoma thomasiae (Sowerby, 1878): synonym of Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)
  • Scalenostoma thomasii (Sowerby, 1884): synonym of Scalenostoma subulatum (Broderip, 1832)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Scalenostoma Deshayes, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206350 on 2014-12-26
  • Warén A. (1980). Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 9: 187-210
  • Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96

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