Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vanikoroidea > Family Vanikoridae > Genus Megalomphalus

Megalomphalus azoneus (Brusina, 1865)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Megalomphalus*	Brusina, 1871	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Fossarus depressus*	G. Seguenza, 1876	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Adeorbis seguenzai*	[sic]	synonym
*Adeorbis seguenzianus*	Tryon, 1888	synonym
*Fossarus disciformis*	Granata Grillo, 1877	synonym
*Fossarus disciformis var. disjuncta*	Granata Grillo, 1877	synonym
*Lacuna azonata*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Megalomphalus depressus*	(G. Seguenza, 1876)	synonym
*Megalomphalus disciformis*	(Granata Grillo, 1877)	synonym
*Megalomphalus mercatoris*	Adam & Knudsen, 1969	synonym
*Natica crosseana*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Stomatia azonea*	Brusina, 1865	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Warén A. & Bouchet P. (1988) A new species of Vanikoridae from the western Mediterranean, with remarks on the Northeast Atlantic species of the family. Bollettino Malacologico 24(5-8): 73-100.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalomphalus azoneus (Brusina, 1865). 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:141890