Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Cephalaspidea > Superfamily Cylichnoidea > Family Mnestiidae > Genus Mnestia

Mnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mnestia*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854	accepted genus name
*Cylichna (Mnestia)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854	synonym
*Ventomnestia*	Iredale, 1936	synonym

Species group names

*Bulla (Cylichna) bizona*	A. Adams, 1850	synonym
*Bulla bizona*	A. Adams, 1850	synonym
*Bulla girardi*	Audouin, 1826	synonym
*Cylichna bizona*	(A. Adams, 1850)	synonym
*Cylichna girardi*	(Audouin, 1826)	synonym
*Cylichnina girardi*	(Audouin, 1826)	synonym
*Mnestia bizona*	(A. Adams, 1850)	synonym
*Retusa girardi*	(Audouin, 1826)	synonym
*Ventomnestia bizona*	(A. Adams, 1850)	synonym
*Ventomnestia girardi*	(Audouin, 1826)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Albano, P. G.; Steger, J.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Bogi, C.; Bošnjak, M.; Guy-Haim, T.; Huseyinoglu, M. F.; LaFollette, P. I.; Lubinevsky, H.; Mulas, M.; Stockinger, M.; Azzarone, M.; Sabelli, B. (2021). Numerous new records of tropical non-indigenous species in the Eastern Mediterranean highlight the challenges of their recognition and identification. ZooKeys. 1010: 1-95.
new combination reference	Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mnestia girardi (Audouin, 1826). 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:994263