ERMS name details
Mesogastropoda
117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117)
Thiele, 1925
alternative representation
Order
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thiele, J. (1925-1926). Mollusca = Weichtiere. In: Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds.), <i>Handbuch der Zoologie</i>, 5. Pp. 15-96 [1 November 1925], 97-176 [20 February 1926], 177-256 [30 June 1926]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesogastropoda. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=117 on 2025-05-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Mesogastropoda. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117 on 2025-05-12
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Thiele, J. (1925-1926). Mollusca = Weichtiere. In: Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds.), <i>Handbuch der Zoologie</i>, 5. Pp. 15-96 [1 November 1925], 97-176 [20 February 1926], 177-256 [30 June 1926]. [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
context source (MSBIAS) MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]
