WoRMS taxon details
Meropesta Iredale, 1929
492534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492534)
accepted
Genus
Meropesta meridiana Iredale, 1929 accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Merope H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Merope...)
invalid: junior homonym of Merope Newman, 1838
Standella (Merope) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Meropesta capillacea (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Meropesta sinojaponica Q.-Q. Zhuang, 1983
- Species Meropesta meridiana Iredale, 1929 accepted as Meropesta nicobarica (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Meropesta pellucida (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Standella pellucida (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine
Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Meropesta Iredale, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492534 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31 [29 June 1929]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52430219 [details]
original description (of Standella (Merope) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 382. [details]
original description (of Standella (Merope) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 382. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
