Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Pylopulmonata > Superfamily Pyramidelloidea > Family Pyramidellidae > Genus Brachystomia

Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brachystomia*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name
*Odostomia (Brachystomia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Odostomia (Brachystomia) rissoides*	Hanley, 1844	synonym
*Odostomia (Brachystomia) scalaris*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Odostomia alba*	Jeffreys, 1848	synonym
*Odostomia eulimoides var. alba*	Jeffreys, 1848	synonym
*Odostomia nitida*	Alder, 1844	synonym
*Odostomia rissoides*	Hanley, 1844	synonym
*Odostomia rissoides var. exilis*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Odostomia scalaris*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: mussel pyramid shell; mussel pyramidsnail; mussel slurper sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gestufte Pyramidenschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Høisæter, T. (2014). The Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) of Norway and adjacent waters. A taxonomic review. Fauna Norvegica. 34: 7-78.
additional source	Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2021). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 13: Murchisonelloidea and Pyramidelloidea. Cainozoic Research. 21(2): 201-393.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brachystomia scalaris (MacGillivray, 1843). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:491633