Megistostoma striatum Gabb, 1864

Megistostoma striata [sic] Gabb, 1864: 144, 229, pl. 21, fig. 108.

Type locality.

Martinez, California, USA; stratum: uncertain; age: Eocene.

Type material.

Syntypes, ANSP IP4216 (lost), 2 shells (Stewart 1926: 442: pl. 26, fig. 2; as “holotype” and “paratype” in Keen and Bentson 1944: 170; as “holotypes” in Richards 1968: 191).

Remarks.

Type species of Megistostoma Gabb, 1864. The correct epithet is striatum (not striata), since the ending -stoma is neuter.

Current taxonomic status.

Philine (Megistostoma) gabbiana (Stoliczka, 1868) (Keen and Bentson 1944), new name for M. striatum Gabb, 1864 (see above).