WoRMS name details
Siphonium megamastum Mörch, 1861
732943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:732943)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Siphonium J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Siphonium (Dendropoma) megamastum Mörch, 1861) Mörch, O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): 153 [details]
page(s): 153 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Siphonium megamastum Mörch, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732943 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Siphonium (Dendropoma) megamastum Mörch, 1861) Mörch, O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): 153 [details]
page(s): 153 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology)</i>, 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55. [February], available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384
page(s): 208 [details]
page(s): 208 [details]
Other
additional source
Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
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