Macromphalus

Macromphalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Vanikoridae
Genus:	Macromphalus S.V. Wood, 1842
Synonyms
Couthouyia A. Adams, 1860 † Dialytostoma Cossmann, 1888 † Escharella Cossmann, 1888 Fossarus (Couthouyia)

Macromphalus is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Vanikoridae.

Species

Species within the genus Macromphalus include:

• Macromphalus abylensis
• Macromphalus aculeatus (Hedley, 1900)
• Macromphalus asperus (Hedley, 1912)
• Macromphalus backeljaui Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
• Macromphalus citharella (Cossmann, 1888) †
• Macromphalus decussatus (A. Adams, 1860)
• Macromphalus disjunctus (de Raincourt & Munier-Chalmas, 1863) †
• Macromphalus fischeri (de Laubrière, 1881) †
• Macromphalus gracilis (Brazier, 1894)
• Macromphalus incertus (Turton, 1932)
• Macromphalus mzambanus (Kilburn, 1977)
• Macromphalus pasithea (Kilburn, 1977)
• Macromphalus saharicus Rubio & Rolan, 1994
• Macromphalus senegalensis (Knudsen, 1956)
• Macromphalus styliferinus (Nevill, 1884)
• Macromphalus subreticulatus (Nevill, 1884)
• Macromphalus thelacme (Melvill, 1904)
• Macromphalus walkeri Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
• Macromphalus yamamotoi (Habe, 1978)

Species brought into synonymy

• † Macromphalus decussatus (Cossmann, 1888): synonym of † Macromphalina decussata (Cossmann, 1888)

References

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• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.