Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Brachiopoda > Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea > Class Rhynchonellata > Order Terebratulida > Suborder Terebratellidina > Superfamily Megathyridoidea > Family Megathyrididae > Genus Megathiris

Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anomia Fieber, 1866

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megathiris*	d'Orbigny, 1847	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, 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. 334
additional source	Bitner, M. A.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2021). Taxonomic composition and assemblage structure of brachiopods from two submarine caves in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean. The European Zoological Journal. 88(1): 316-327.
additional source	Alvarez F., Brunton C. H. C. & Long S. L., 2008. Loop ultrastructure and development in Recent Megathiridoidea, with description of a new genus, Joania (type species Terebratula cordata Risso, 1826). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 98, 391-403.
additional source	Logan, A., Noble, J.P.A. (1983). Recent brachiopods from Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist. 1(2): 33-42.
additional source	Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
additional source	Stiasny, G. (1933). VI. Verzeichnis der Brachiopoden-Sammlung des naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden. Uitgegeven door het Rijksmuseum van natuurlijke historie te. Deel XV. LEIDEN. Aflevering 3-4. 129-148.
additional source	Logan, A. (1983). Brachiopoda collected by CANCAP I-III expeditions to the south-east North Atlantic, 1976–1978. Zoologische Mededelingen. 57(18): 165-189, 3 fig., 1 pl.

Genbank

Citation

Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1791). 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:104065