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Mesogena L. R. Cox, 1960 †
1728253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1728253)
accepted
Genus
Gryphaea arcta K. F. Braun, 1841 † accepted as Mesogena arcta (K. F. Braun, 1841) † (type by original designation)
marine
fossil only
feminine
Knight J.B., Cox L.R., Keen A.M., Batten R.L., Yochelson E.L. & Robertson R. (1960). Systematic descriptions [Archaeogastropoda], In R.C. Moore (ed.), <i>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology</i>. Part I. Mollusca 1. Geological Society of America and Kansas University Press: I169-I310.
page(s): I263 [details]
page(s): I263 [details]
Taxonomic remark Type species listed by L. R. Cox as Inoceramus arctus (Hörnes, 1855), but Hörnes refers to Gryphaea arcta Braun, 1841,...
Taxonomic remark Type species listed by L. R. Cox as Inoceramus arctus (Hörnes, 1855), but Hörnes refers to Gryphaea arcta Braun, 1841, which is the correct type species [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesogena L. R. Cox, 1960 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1728253 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Knight J.B., Cox L.R., Keen A.M., Batten R.L., Yochelson E.L. & Robertson R. (1960). Systematic descriptions [Archaeogastropoda], In R.C. Moore (ed.), <i>Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology</i>. Part I. Mollusca 1. Geological Society of America and Kansas University Press: I169-I310.
page(s): I263 [details]
page(s): I263 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Type species listed by L. R. Cox as Inoceramus arctus (Hörnes, 1855), but Hörnes refers to Gryphaea arcta Braun, 1841, which is the correct type species [details]
