African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Mastonia Hinds, 1843

AphiaID

206398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206398)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Triphorinae J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Triphoris (Mastonia) Hinds, 1843

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Species Mastonia cingulifera (Pease, 1861)
Species Mastonia hindsi (Deshayes, 1863)
Species Mastonia maenades Jousseaume, 1898
Species Mastonia peanites Jousseaume, 1898
Species Mastonia perlata (Issel, 1869)
Species Mastonia rubra (Hinds, 1843)
Species Mastonia servaini Jousseaume, 1884
Species Mastonia squalida Kosuge, 1962
Species Mastonia undata (Kosuge, 1962)
Species Mastonia ducosensis Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Iniforis ducosensis (Jousseaume, 1884)
Species Mastonia monilifera (Hinds, 1843) accepted as Coriophora monilifera (Hinds, 1843)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of ) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher, R.N., C.B., &c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 11: 16-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2326171
page(s): 19 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mastonia Hinds, 1843. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206398 on 2026-10-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Mastonia Hinds, 1843. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206398 on 2026-10-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-12 07:24:15Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-10-01 21:22:21Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2016-02-29 18:39:30Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-06-04 17:17:55Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-01-16 08:23:57Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

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original description (of ) Hinds, R. B. (1843). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher, R.N., C.B., &c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 11: 16-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2326171
page(s): 19 [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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