WoRMS name details
Mesalia flammifera Locard, 1897
446498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446498)
unaccepted (Synonym)
Species
- Variety Mesalia flammifera var. simplex Locard, 1897 accepted as Mesalia opalina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1849) (Synonym)
marine
Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1 p. 396-397, pl. 18 fig. 18-22 [details]
page(s): vol. 1 p. 396-397, pl. 18 fig. 18-22 [details]
Nomenclature Marche-Marchad (1960:877) assimilated Locard's species with M. opalina based on the actual specimens preserved at MNHN,...
Nomenclature Marche-Marchad (1960:877) assimilated Locard's species with M. opalina based on the actual specimens preserved at MNHN, Paris. In his 1981 publication however, he reverses this "error". However, research of the type specimens by the present editor conclude in favour of his 1960 opinion, duly adding that the drawings in Locard's publication appear more flat-sided than the actual specimens are, which lead in recent years to confusion with a species occurring of the coasts of Mauretania and Western Sahara (currently under research). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesalia flammifera Locard, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446498 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
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Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. <em>Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson.</em> vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 1 p. 396-397, pl. 18 fig. 18-22 [details]
page(s): vol. 1 p. 396-397, pl. 18 fig. 18-22 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Marche-Marchad, I. (1960). Les Turritellidae de l'Afrique Occidentale (Gastropodes Prosobranches marins). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire sér. A.</em> 22(3): 855-884, 3 pl.
page(s): 877 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 877 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Marche-Marchad, I. (1981). Notes sur des representants du genre <i>Mesalia</i> Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda, Turritellidae) trouvés dans la Méditerranée. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 17 (3-4): 41-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49938330
page(s): 42 [details]
page(s): 42 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Marche-Marchad (1960:877) assimilated Locard's species with M. opalina based on the actual specimens preserved at MNHN, Paris. In his 1981 publication however, he reverses this "error". However, research of the type specimens by the present editor conclude in favour of his 1960 opinion, duly adding that the drawings in Locard's publication appear more flat-sided than the actual specimens are, which lead in recent years to confusion with a species occurring of the coasts of Mauretania and Western Sahara (currently under research). [details]
