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 Odostomia

Odostomia megerlei (Locard, 1886)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Ptychostomon Locard, 1886

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Odostomia*	J. Fleming, 1813	accepted genus name
*Odontostoma*	R. A. Philippi, 1853	synonym
*Odontostomia*	Jeffreys, 1839	synonym
*Odostomia (Cyclodostomia)*	Sacco, 1892	synonym
*Odostomia (Egila)*	Dall & Bartsch, 1904	synonym
*Odostomia (Odostomia)*	J. Fleming, 1813	synonym
*Ptychostomon*	Locard, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Odostomia glabrata*	(Megerle von Mühlfeld) sensu Forbes & Hanley, 1850	misapplied name

Literature

additional source	Peñas A. & Rolán E. 2002. La superfamilia Pyramidelloidea Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) de Africa Occidental, 10. Addenda 2. Iberus, 20(1): 1-54.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Odostomia megerlei (Locard, 1886). 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:181142