''Scalenostoma'' is a genus of very small ectoparasitic

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s in the Eulimidae family. .Bouchet, P. (2014). Scalenostoma Deshayes, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206350 on 2014-12-26

Species

Species within the genera ''Scalenostoma'' include: * '' Scalenostoma babylonia'' (Bartsch, 1912) * '' Scalenostoma carinatum'' Deshayes, 1863 * '' Scalenostoma lodderae'' (Petterd, 1884) * '' Scalenostoma perrierae'' Barros, Padovan & Santos, 2001 * '' Scalenostoma subulatum'' (Broderip, 1832) ; Taxon inquirendum: * ''Scalenostoma mariei'' P. Fischer, 1886 ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Scalenostoma abbreviata'' (Mörch, 1875): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''Scalenostoma apiculatum'' Souverbie, 1875: synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum'' Deshayes, 1863 * ''Scalenostoma corallina'' (Chemnitz, 1795): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''Scalenostoma deshayesi'' A. Adams, 1870: synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum'' Deshayes, 1863 * ''Scalenostoma hawaiiensis'' (Pilsbry, 1920): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''Scalenostoma latior'' (Pilsbry, 1917): synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum'' Deshayes, 1863 * ''Scalenostoma lubricum'' P. Fischer, 1886: synonym of ''Scalenostoma carinatum'' Deshayes, 1863 * ''Scalenostoma pyramidata'' Laseron, 1951: synonym of '' Megastomia pyramidata'' (Laseron, 1951) * ''Scalenostoma remotissimus'' (Pilsbry, 1921): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''Scalenostoma robusta'' (Petterd, 1884): synonym of ''Scalenostoma lodderae'' (Petterd, 1884) * ''Scalenostoma striatum'' Hedley, 1905: synonym of '' Trochostilifer striatus'' (Hedley, 1905) * ''Scalenostoma subcarina'' Laseron, 1951: synonym of '' Megastomia subcarina'' (Laseron, 1951) * ''Scalenostoma suteri'' W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of '' Pyramidelloides suteri'' (W. R. B. Oliver, 1915) * ''Scalenostoma thomasiae'' (Sowerby, 1878): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum'' (Broderip, 1832) * ''Scalenostoma thomasii'' (Sowerby, 1884): synonym of ''Scalenostoma subulatum'' (Broderip, 1832)

References

* Warén A. (1980). ''Revision of the genera Thyca, Stilifer, Scalenostoma, Mucronalia and Echineulima (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae)''. Zoologica Scripta 9: 187-210 * Warén A. (1984) ''A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia)''. Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96

External links

Deshayes, 1863 ''Catalogue des Mollusques de l'ile de la Réunion'' (Bourbon): 58

Pilsbry, 1917 Marine mollusks of Hawaii, I-III; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 69: 226, 227

Laseron, C. F. (1955). Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. The Australian Zoologist. 12 (2): 83-107, 3 pl
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