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Megathiris d'Orbigny, 1847 
AphiaID: 104048

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Brachiopoda (Phylum) > Rhynchonelliformea (Subphylum) > Rhynchonellata (Class) > Terebratulida (Order) > Terebratellidina (Suborder) > Megathyridoidea (Superfamily) > Megathyrididae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1789)
Parent Megathyrididae
Sources  basis of record: Emig, Christian (2006). Systematics of extant brachiopod taxa. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, 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. 334 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Megathiris barroisi (Schulgin, 1884)
Species Megathiris capensis Jackson, 1952
Species Megathiris detruncata (Gmelin, 1789)
Environment marine
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Image 
Megathiris detruncata from Madeira
[image from typetaxon]
Megathiris detruncata from Madeira
added on 2009-03-27 - author: Wirtz, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Bitner, Maria Aleksandra on 2012-08-31 13:45:13
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104048
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2006-12-11 10:09:52Z  checked  Emig, Christian
2007-02-10 15:06:38Z  changed  Emig, Christian
  
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  Citation: Emig, C. (2013). Megathiris d'Orbigny, 1847. In: Emig, C.C.; Alvarez F.; Bitner M.A. (Ed) (2013). World Brachiopoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104048 on 2013-05-22
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