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WoRMS taxon details

Macellomenia Simroth, 1893

AphiaID

138155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138155)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Paramenia palifera Pruvot, 1890 accepted as Macellomenia palifera (Pruvot, 1890) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Macellomeniidae Thiele, 1907

Parent

Macellomeniidae Thiele, 1907

Original name

Macellomenia Simroth, 1893

Direct children (13)

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Species Macellomenia aciculata Scheltema, 1999
Species Macellomenia adenota Salvini-Plawen, 2003
Species Macellomenia adrecta C. J. Olson & Cobo, 2025
Species Macellomenia aspera C. J. Olson & Kocot, 2025
Species Macellomenia coronata C. J. Olson, 2025
Species Macellomenia ericius C. J. Olson & Kocot, 2025
Species Macellomenia latispina C. J. Olson & Kocot, 2025
Species Macellomenia morseae Kocot & Todt, 2014
Species Macellomenia palifera (Pruvot, 1890)
Species Macellomenia profundorum Cobo, 2021
Species Macellomenia schanderi Kocot & Todt, 2014
Species Macellomenia squama C. J. Olson, 2025
Species Macellomenia triangularis C. J. Olson, 2025

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Simroth, H. (1893). Aplacophora. In: Bronn, H. G.: Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. 3 (1): 128-233, pl. 1-4. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macellomenia Simroth, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138155 on 2026-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2009-04-13 07:26:20Z

changed

Garcia-Alvarez, Oscar

2014-10-18 09:37:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-10-06 15:41:01Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Simroth, H. (1893). Aplacophora. In: Bronn, H. G.: Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. 3 (1): 128-233, pl. 1-4. [details]

basis of record García-Álvarez O., Salvini-Plawen L.v., Urgorri V. & Troncoso J.S. (2014). Mollusca. Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. Fauna Iberica. 38: 1-294. [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Olson, C. J.; Cobo, M. C.; Kocot, K. M. (2025). Seven new species of Macellomeniidae Salvini-Plawen, 1978 (Mollusca: Solenogastres) from the North Atlantic. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 91(3): eyaf014: 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaf014 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source García-Álvarez, O. & Salvini-Plawen, L. v. (2007). Species and diagnosis of the families and genera of Solenogastres (Mollusca). Iberus. 25(2): 73-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42380572 [details]