World Echinoidea Database - Mespilia whitmaei Bell, 1881

Echinoidea name details

Mespilia whitmaei Bell, 1881

AphiaID

569353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569353)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mespilia Desor in Agassiz & Desor, 1846

Orig. name

Mespilia whitmaei Bell, 1881

Synonymised names

Mespilia whitei · unaccepted (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bell, F. J. (1881). Description of a New Species of the Genus Mespilia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. 49(2): 433-435., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759604
page(s): 433-435 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Mespilia whitmaei Bell, 1881. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569353 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-14 07:16:27Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2013-08-26 18:24:18Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

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Sources (2)

original description Bell, F. J. (1881). Description of a New Species of the Genus Mespilia. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London</i>. 49(2): 433-435., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759604
page(s): 433-435 [details]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 2. Camarodonta. I. Orthopsidæ, Glyphocyphidæ, Temnopleuridæ and Toxopneustidæ. vii+553 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 177-186 [details]