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 Megastomia

Megastomia conspicua (Alder, 1850)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megastomia*	Monterosato, 1884	accepted genus name
*Evelynella*	Laws, 1940	synonym
*Odostomia (Megastomia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Stomega*	Dall & Bartsch, 1904	synonym

Species group names

*Odostomia (Megastomia) conspicua*	Alder, 1850	synonym
*Odostomia conspicua*	Alder, 1850	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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.
basis of record	Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Micali, P.; Nofroni, I.; Bartolini, S. (2014). Atlante delle conchiglie marine del Mediterraneo Vol. 5 (Heterobranchia). Palermo, Edizioni Danaus. pp. 1-111, with 41 unnumbered plates (figs. 1-363), appendix pp. 1-91.
additional source	Scuderi, D.; Micali, P. (2022). Megastomia conspicua (Alder, 1850) (Gastropoda Pyramidellidae) parasitic on Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (Polychaeta Sabellidae), with notes on the modality of interaction. Biodiversity Journal. 13(4): 817-821.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megastomia conspicua (Alder, 1850). 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:416636