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Mestosiphon Iredale, 1940
711924 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711924)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Mestosiphon eumelas Iredale, 1940 accepted as Siphonaria atra Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (type by original designation)
- Species Mestosiphon eumelas Iredale, 1940 accepted as Siphonaria atra Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mestosiphon lentulus Iredale, 1940 accepted as Siphonaria lentula (Iredale, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mestosiphon parmelas Iredale, 1940 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Iredale, T. (1940). Marine Molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(4): 429-443., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38927087
page(s): 437, 439 [details]
page(s): 437, 439 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mestosiphon Iredale, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711924 on 2025-09-11
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Iredale, T. (1940). Marine Molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(4): 429-443., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38927087
page(s): 437, 439 [details]
source of synonymy Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 437, 439 [details]
source of synonymy Jenkins, B.; Köhler, F. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: Systematic review of Indo-West Pacific Siphonariidae uncovers extensive cryptic diversity based on comparative morphology and mitochondrial phylogenetics (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Megataxa.</em> 13(1): 1-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
[request]