Meioceras

Meioceras is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Caecidae.[1]

Meioceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Caecidae
Genus:
Meioceras

Carpenter, 1859
Synonyms

Caecum (Meioceras) Carpenter, 1859

Species

Species within the genus Meioceras include:

  • Meioceras boucheti Pizzini & Raines, 2011
  • Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1858[2]
  • Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868[3]
  • Meioceras kajiyamai Habe, 1963
  • Meioceras legumen (Hedley, 1899)
  • Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)[4]
  • Meioceras rhinoceros Pizzini, Raines & Vannozzi, 2013
  • Meioceras sandwichense de Folin, 1881
  • Meioceras tumidissimum de Folin, 1869
Species brought into synonymy
  • Meioceras bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1934: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras bitumidum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras carpenteri de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras cingulatum Dall, 1892: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras constrictum Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras contractum de Folin, 1874: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras cornubovis Carpenter, 1859: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras coxi de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras crossei de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras deshayesi de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras fischeri de Folin, 1870: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras imiklis de Folin, 1870: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras leoni Bérillon, 1874: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras mariae de Folin, 1881: synonym of Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1859
  • Meioceras moreleti de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras subinflexum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Meioceras tenerum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras cubitatum de Folin, 1868
  • Meioceras undulosum de Folin, 1869: synonym of Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851)

References
  1. Meioceras Carpenter, 1859. WoRMS (2010). Meioceras. Accessed through: World Register of Marine * at http://www.marine* .eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415618 on 4 June 2013 .
  2. Meioceras cornucopiae Carpenter, 1858. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  3. Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  4. Meioceras nitidum (Stimpson, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2010.
  • Pizzini M., Raines B. & Vannozzi A. (2013) The family Caecidae in the South-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Bollettino Malacologico, 49 (suppl. 10): 1-78.


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