Megadenus smithi

Megadenus smithi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vanikoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Littorinimorpha Superfamilia: Vanikoroidea

Familia: Eulimidae
Genus: Megadenus
Species: Megadenus smithi

Name

Megadenus smithi González-Vallejo & Amador-Carrillo, 2021

Type locality: Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean, shallow water in reef lagoon

Holotype: ECOCH-0234

Paratypes: ECOCH-0235

References

• González-Vallejo, N.E. & Amador-Carrillo, S. 2021. Assessment of Megadenus holothuricola Rosén, 1910 (Eulimidae), an endoparasite of Holothuria mexicana Ludwig, 1875 (Holothuriidae) in the southern Gulf of Mexico and the description a new species. ZooKeys 1016: 49–61. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1016.55071 Reference page.  [original description of Megadenus smithi p. 55–57]

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