Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vanikoroidea > Family Vanikoridae > Genus Megalomphalus

Megalomphalus petitianus (Tiberi, 1869)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megalomphalus*	Brusina, 1871	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fossarus petitianus*	Tiberi, 1869	basionym
*Fossarus petitianus*	Tiberi, 1869	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1988) A new species of Vanikoridae from the western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family. Bollettino Malacologico 24(5-8): 73-100.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Megalomphalus petitianus (Tiberi, 1869). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141892