Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Prosobranchia

Mesogastropoda Thiele, 1925

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: unaccepted
Name Status: alternate representation

note: Established as an order containing the superfamilies Architaenioglossa, Valvatacea, Rissoacea, Littorinacea, Cerithiacea, Ptenoglossa, Aglossa, Amaltheacea, Naticacea, Lamellariacea, Cypraeacea, Calyptraeacea, Heteropoda, Strombacea, and Doliacea. Spellin

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: 中腹足目

Literature

original description	Thiele, J. (1925-1926). Mollusca = Weichtiere. In: Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie, 5. Pp. 15-96 [1 November 1925], 97-176 [20 February 1926], 177-256 [30 June 1926].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesogastropoda. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117