MolluscaBase taxon details
Mellitestea Laseron, 1956
818371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:818371)
accepted
Genus
Mellitestea simplex Laseron, 1956 (type by original designation)
- Species Mellitestea actinium (Rehder, 1980)
- Species Mellitestea conaminis (Hedley, 1909)
- Species Mellitestea profunda (Hedley, 1899)
- Species Mellitestea schoedei (Thiele, 1925)
- Species Mellitestea scopulorum (R. B. Watson, 1886)
- Species Mellitestea simplex Laseron, 1956
- Species Mellitestea tumerosa (Laseron, 1956)
marine
Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 7 (3): 384-484. [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomic remark Listed by Ponder & de Keyser (1992: 1022) as "incorrectly associated with Diala", and of "obscure relationships" as the...
Taxonomic remark Listed by Ponder & de Keyser (1992: 1022) as "incorrectly associated with Diala", and of "obscure relationships" as the type species is known only from empty shells. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mellitestea Laseron, 1956. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818371 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 7 (3): 384-484. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ponder, W. F.; de Keyzer, R. (1992). A revision of the genus <i>Diala</i> (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 6: 1019-1075., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9921019
page(s): 1022 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Ponder, W. F.; de Keyzer, R. (1992). A revision of the genus <i>Diala</i> (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 6: 1019-1075., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9921019
page(s): 1022 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Listed by Ponder & de Keyser (1992: 1022) as "incorrectly associated with Diala", and of "obscure relationships" as the type species is known only from empty shells. [details]
