MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Mesalia melanioides Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genera <i>Mesalia</i> and <i>Eglisia</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 5, pl. 1 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: June 1849]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8967325
page(s): Pl. 1 (Mesalia), sp. 3 [details]
original description
(of Mesalia exilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1913) Sowerby, G. B., III. (1913). Description of new species of Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8.</em> 12: 233-239, pl. 3., available online at https://www.archive.org/download/ser8annalsmagazi12londuoft/page/n244_w943
page(s): 236 [details]
basis of record
Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source
Houbrick R.S. 1981. Anatomy of <i>Diastoma melanioides</i> (Reeve, 1849) with remarks on the systematic position of the family Diastomatidae (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda). <i>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</i> 94: 598-621, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34608455 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality