Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Spionida > Suborder Spioniformia > Family Spionidae > Genus Scolelepis

Scolelepis mesnili (Bellan & Lagardère, 1971)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scolelepis*	Blainville, 1828	accepted genus name
*Nerine*	Johnston, 1838	generic synonym
*Nerinides*	Mesnil, 1896	generic synonym
*Pseudomalacoceros*	Czerniavsky, 1881	generic synonym
*Scolecolepis*	Malmgren, 1867	orthographic variant
*Scolepis*	[auctt.]	orthographic variant
*Asetocalamyzas*	Tzetlin, 1985	synonym
*Aonis*	sensu Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 [Not Savigny, 1822]	misapplied name

Species group names

*Nerine mesnili*	Bellan & Lagardère, 1971	synonym

Literature

additional source	Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231.
additional source	Capaccioni-Azzati, Romana 1991. Lumbrineris cingulata (Polychaeta, Lumbrineridae) et Scolelepis mesnili (Polychaeta, Spionidae) en Mediterranee. Vie et Milieu, 41(1): 55-60.
source of synonymy	Surugiu, Victor. (2016). On the taxonomic status of the European Scolelepis (Scolelepis) squamata (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with description of a new species from southern Europe. Zootaxa. 4161(2): 151-176.
status source	Surugiu, Victor; Schwentner, Martin; Meißner, Karin. (2022). Fixing the identity of Scolelepis squamata (Annelida: Spionidae) – neotype designation, redescription and DNA barcode sequences. Systematics and Biodiversity. 20(1): 1-24.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Scolelepis mesnili (Bellan & Lagardère, 1971). 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:131176