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Mesoginella

genus of gastropods

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ3169014 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mesoginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Mesoginella :

Mesoginella altilabra (May, 1911)

Mesoginella aupouria (Powell, 1937)

Mesoginella australis (Hinds, 1844)

Mesoginella beecheyi (Cossignani, 2006)

Mesoginella brachia (Watson, 1886)

Mesoginella caducocincta (May, 1916)

Mesoginella consobrina (May, 1911)

Mesoginella cracens (Dell, 1956)

Mesoginella ergastula (Dell, 1953)

Mesoginella gabrieli (May, 1911)

Mesoginella inconspicua (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)

Mesoginella judithae (Dell, 1956)

Mesoginella koma (Marshall, 2004)

Mesoginella larochei (Powell, 1932)

Mesoginella manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)

Mesoginella modulata (Laseron, 1957)

Mesoginella olivella (Reeve, 1865)

Mesoginella otagoensis (Dell, 1956)

Mesoginella pisinna (Marshall, 2004)

Mesoginella punicea (Laseron, 1948)

Mesoginella pygmaea (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)

Mesoginella pygmaeiformis (Powell, 1937)

Mesoginella pygmaeoides (Singleton, 1937)

Mesoginella schoutanica (May, 1913)

Mesoginella sinapi (Laseron, 1948)

Mesoginella stilla (Hedley, 1903)

Mesoginella strangei (Angas, 1877)

Mesoginella tryphenensis (Powell, 1932)

Mesoginella turbinata (G.B. Sowerby, II 1846)

Mesoginella vailei (Powell, 1932)

Mesoginella victoriae (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1908)

Species brought into synonymy

Mesoginella binivitta (Laseron, 1948) : synonym of Mesoginella olivella (Reeve, 1865)

Mesoginella evanida (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846) : synonym of Volvarina evanida (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Mesoginella frequens (Laseron, 1948) : synonym of Mesoginella strangei (Angas, 1877)

Mesoginella gabrielae (Bozzetti, 1998) : synonym of Marginella gabrielae (Bozzetti, 1998)

Mesoginella georgiana (May, 1915) : synonym of Austroginella georgiana (May, 1915)

Mesoginella infelix (Jousseaume, 1857) : synonym of Mesoginella olivella (Reeve, 1865)

Mesoginella maxilla (Laseron, 1957) : synonym of Mesoginella brachia (Watson, 1886)

Mesoginella parsobrina (Laseron, 1948) : synonym of Mesoginella sinapi (Laseron, 1948)

Mesoginella parvistriata (Suter, 1908) : synonym of Volvarina parvistriata (Suter, 1908)

Mesoginella patria (Cotton, 1949) : synonym of Mesoginella inconspicua (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)

Mesoginella pattisoni (Cotton, 1944) : synonym of Mesoginella turbinata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Mesoginella pipire (Laseron, 1948) : synonym of Mesoginella strangei (Angas, 1877)

Mesoginella plicatula (Suter, 1910) : synonym of Volvarina plicatula (Suter, 1910)

Mesoginella praetermissa (May, 1916) : synonym of Austroginella praetermissa (May, 1916)

Mesoginella procella (May, 1916) : synonym of Mesoginella olivella (Reeve, 1865)

Mesoginella pusilla (Laseron, 1948) : synonym of Mesoginella turbinata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Mesoginella simplex (Reeve, 1865) : synonym of Mesoginella olivella (Reeve, 1865)

Mesoginella sinuata (Laseron, 1948) : synonym of Mesoginella strangei (Angas, 1877)

Mesoginella translucida (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846) : synonym of Austroginella translucida (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846)

Mesoginella tropica (Laseron, 1957) : synonym of Mesoginella brachia (Watson, 1886)

References

Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp

Boyer F. (2008) The genus Serrata Jousseaume, 1875 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae) in New Caledonia. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 389-436. page(s): 393

External links

Marshall B.A. 2004. New names for four common Marginellidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda) from northern New Zealand.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mesoginella” as genus of gastropods. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1911, 1937, 1844, 2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Mesoginella, genus and gastropods can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as genus of gastropods. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3169014. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1911, 1937, 1844 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mesoginella” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.