WoRMS taxon details
Mesogastropoda
AphiaID: 117
AphiaID: 117
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Prosobranchia (Subclass) |
| Authority | Thiele, 1925 | ||||||||||
| Status | alternate representation | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Order | ||||||||||
| Parent | Prosobranchia | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Thiele, J. 1925. Prosobranchia. Pp. 40-94 in: Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie 5 (1, 1), Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin. [details] basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details] [full text] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial | ||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Classification: Established as an order containing the superfamilies Architaenioglossa, Valvatacea, Rissoacea, Littorinacea, Cerithiacea, Ptenoglossa, Aglossa, Amaltheacea, Naticacea, Lamellariacea, Cypraeacea, Calyptraeacea, Heteropoda, Strombacea, and Doliacea. Spelling emended by Anderson (1992: 36) to Mesogastropodida. Thiele (1925) included the three orders Archeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Neogastropoda in his concept of the subclass Prosobranchia, in a classification which has been a standard throughout the remainder of the XXth century and is still presented in current zoology textbooks (e.g. Brusca & Brusca, 2003). Currently the Archeogastropoda and Mesogastropoda are rebutted as paraphyletic, whereas Neogastropoda is considered a monophyletic group ans therefore still accepted (as an order of the Caenogastropoda). Families formerly included in the Mesogastropoda are currently included in the broader (monophyletic) taxon Caenogastropoda, either in the poorly supported, possible clade Littorinimorpha, or as Caenogastropoda of unresolved position (not assigned to an order). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Mesogastropoda. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||
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