MolluscaBase taxon details
Megaspira I. Lea, 1836
995234 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995234)
accepted
Genus
Megaspira ruschenbergiana I. Lea, 1836 accepted as Megaspira elatior (Spix, 1827) (type by monotypy)
Pupa (Megaspira) I. Lea, 1836 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Pyrgelix H. Beck, 1837 · unaccepted
- Species Megaspira adenticulata Daniel, Ovando & S. B. Santos, 2022
- Species Megaspira elata (A. Gould, 1847)
- Species Megaspira elatior (Spix, 1827)
- Species Megaspira gracilis Pilsbry, 1904
- Species Megaspira iheringi Pilsbry, 1925
- Species Megaspira pilsbryi Rehder, 1945
- Species Megaspira robusta Pilsbry, 1904
- Species Megaspira cylindrica R. B. Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894 † accepted as Palaeostoa cylindrica (R. B. Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Megaspira monodonta R. B. Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894 † accepted as Palaeostoa multispirata (R. B. Newton & G. F. Harris, 1894) † (subjective synonym)
- Species Megaspira ruschenbergiana I. Lea, 1836 accepted as Megaspira elatior (Spix, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
feminine
Jay J.C. (1836). <i>A catalogue of recent shells with description of new or rare species in the collection of John C. Jay</i>. 2nd edition. New York. 77 pp., errata, 4 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12172590
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page(s): pl. 1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Megaspira I. Lea, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995234 on 2024-04-28
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original description
Jay J.C. (1836). <i>A catalogue of recent shells with description of new or rare species in the collection of John C. Jay</i>. 2nd edition. New York. 77 pp., errata, 4 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12172590
page(s): pl. 1 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 32 [details]
page(s): pl. 1 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 32 [details]
