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Gastropoda unnamed Diastomatidae 

Mesalia exilis Sowerby, 1913

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)

Types

Primary Type: holotype Sowerby, G.B.(3rd) 1913. p.236, pl.3, fig.9
BM(NH) holotype West Australia

Keywords

Original Epithet:  exilis
Original Text Name:  Mesalia exilis
Original Genus:  Mesalia
Status of Name: Synonym       Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 

References

 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 Type locality
 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Diastomatidae
                        Diastoma Deshayes, 1850
                          Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)
                            Mesalia exilis Sowerby, 1913

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=66437) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.