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Mesalia exilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1913
760826 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760826)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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marine
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1913). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 8, 12: 233–239, pl. 3. (1 August)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099720
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
Note 1 shell, holotype, NHMUK 1914.1.7.296. It is...
Type material 1 shell, holotype, NHMUK 1914.1.7.296. It is the exact same species as Reeve described as Mesalia melanioides, type material of which is right next to the type material of the present species in the type collection at NHMUK. Therefore, it is here also placed in synonymy of Diastoma melanoides (Reeve, 1849). [details]
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Sowerby, G. B. III. (1913). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 8, 12: 233–239, pl. 3. (1 August)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099720
page(s): 236 [details]
source of synonymy Cotton, B. C. (1932). Notes on Australian mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. <em>Records of The South Australian Museum.</em> 4(4): 537-547., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41026749#page/561/mode/1up [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
source of synonymy Cotton, B. C. (1932). Notes on Australian mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. <em>Records of The South Australian Museum.</em> 4(4): 537-547., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41026749#page/561/mode/1up [details]
From editor or global species database
Type material 1 shell, holotype, NHMUK 1914.1.7.296. It is the exact same species as Reeve described as Mesalia melanioides, type material of which is right next to the type material of the present species in the type collection at NHMUK. Therefore, it is here also placed in synonymy of Diastoma melanoides (Reeve, 1849). [details]
