WoRMS taxon details
Megerlia truncata (Linnaeus, 1767)
104061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104061)
accepted
Species
Anomia truncata Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)
Megerlia echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Megerlia gigantea (Deshayes, 1863) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Megerlia monstruosa (Scacchi, 1833) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Megerlina gigantea (Deshayes, 1863) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Morrisia gigantea Deshayes, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Muehlfeldtia disculus (Dall, 1920) (non Pallas, 1766) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Muehlfeldtia echinata Fischer & Oehlert, 1890 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Muhlfeldtia monstruosa (Sacchi, 1833) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Muhlfeldtia truncata (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pantellaria echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pantellaria monstruosa (Sacchi, 1833) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Terebratula monstruosa Scacchi, 1833 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Anomia truncata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Megerlia truncata (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104061 on 2025-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Terebratula monstruosa Scacchi, 1833) Scacchi, A. (1833). <i>Osservazioni Zoologiche</i>. Napoli, Tipi della Società Tipografica. 1: 1-12 [February]; 2: 13-27 [May]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35752103
note: Description is on page 17. [details]
original description (of Muehlfeldtia echinata Fischer & Oehlert, 1890) Fischer, P.; Oehlert, D.-P. (1890). Diagnoses de nouveaux Brachiopodes. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie (series 2).</em> 38(1):70–74. [details]
original description (of Anomia truncata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Morrisia gigantea Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117 [details]
original description (of Muehlfeldtia disculus (Dall, 1920) (non Pallas, 1766)) Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 334 (look up in IMIS) [details]
note: Description is on page 17. [details]
original description (of Muehlfeldtia echinata Fischer & Oehlert, 1890) Fischer, P.; Oehlert, D.-P. (1890). Diagnoses de nouveaux Brachiopodes. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie (series 2).</em> 38(1):70–74. [details]
original description (of Anomia truncata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Morrisia gigantea Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117 [details]
original description (of Muehlfeldtia disculus (Dall, 1920) (non Pallas, 1766)) Dall W.H. (1920). Annotated list of the Recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the United States National Museum, with descriptions of thirty-three new forms. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 57(2314), 261-377., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/15121/USNMP-57_2314_1920.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 334 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Dall, W. H. (1919). New shells from the northwest coast. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 32: 249-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3335351
note: Created the genus Pantellaria for P. monstruosa (now synonymized with M. truncata). [details]
taxonomy source Bitner, M. A. (2007). Recent brachiopods from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Southcentral Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29:491–502.
note: Synonymizes an earlier species with M. truncata, and describes additional specimens. [details] Available for editors
[request]
note: Created the genus Pantellaria for P. monstruosa (now synonymized with M. truncata). [details]
taxonomy source Bitner, M. A. (2007). Recent brachiopods from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Southcentral Pacific. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 29:491–502.
note: Synonymizes an earlier species with M. truncata, and describes additional specimens. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (MSBIAS)
MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cooper, G. A. (1982). New Brachiopoda from the southern hemisphere and <i>Cryptopora</i> from Oregon (recent). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 41:1–43, fig. 1–4, pl. 1–7., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/19140
note: Lists species as Pantellaria monstruosa. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source d'Hondt, J.-L. (1976). Sur quelques Brachiopodes actuels (Océan Atlantique, Mediterranée, Kerguelen). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (series 3, no. 350) Zoologie.</em> 243: 1–13, 4 fig. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Bitner, M. A.; Logan, A. (2016). Recent Brachiopoda from the Mozambique-Madagascar area, western Indian Ocean. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 38(1): 5-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2016n1a1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Anadón, N.; Fernández-Rodríguez, I.; Arias, A. (2022). Recent brachiopod diversity and distribution from the central Cantabrian Sea and the Avilés Canyons System (Bay of Biscay). <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 269: 107829., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107829
note: Records the species from the Bay of Biscay. [details]
additional source Dulai, A. (2019). New data on the late Miocene brachiopod fauna of Tetti Borelli (Piedmont, N Italy). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research In Paleontology and Stratigraphy).</em> 125(1): 125-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/11228
note: Describes late Miocene fossil material attributed to this species from Italy. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cooper, G. A. (1982). New Brachiopoda from the southern hemisphere and <i>Cryptopora</i> from Oregon (recent). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 41:1–43, fig. 1–4, pl. 1–7., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/19140
note: Lists species as Pantellaria monstruosa. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source d'Hondt, J.-L. (1976). Sur quelques Brachiopodes actuels (Océan Atlantique, Mediterranée, Kerguelen). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (series 3, no. 350) Zoologie.</em> 243: 1–13, 4 fig. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
additional source Bitner, M. A.; Logan, A. (2016). Recent Brachiopoda from the Mozambique-Madagascar area, western Indian Ocean. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 38(1): 5-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2016n1a1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Anadón, N.; Fernández-Rodríguez, I.; Arias, A. (2022). Recent brachiopod diversity and distribution from the central Cantabrian Sea and the Avilés Canyons System (Bay of Biscay). <em>Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.</em> 269: 107829., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107829
note: Records the species from the Bay of Biscay. [details]
additional source Dulai, A. (2019). New data on the late Miocene brachiopod fauna of Tetti Borelli (Piedmont, N Italy). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research In Paleontology and Stratigraphy).</em> 125(1): 125-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/11228
note: Describes late Miocene fossil material attributed to this species from Italy. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Megerlia gigantea (Deshayes, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Muhlfeldtia truncata (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Megerlia echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Megerlia monstruosa (Scacchi, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megerlia truncata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 13774025)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Megerlia echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Megerlia monstruosa (Scacchi, 1833))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Muhlfeldtia truncata (Linnaeus, 1767))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Megerlia echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Megerlia monstruosa (Scacchi, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megerlia truncata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 13774025)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Megerlia echinata (Fischer & Oehlert, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Megerlia monstruosa (Scacchi, 1833))
To ITIS
