WoRMS name details
Mecoliotia Hedley, 1899
413949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413949)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Mecoliotia halligani Hedley, 1899 accepted as Sansonia halligani (Hedley, 1899) (type by original designation)
- Species Mecoliotia aqabaensis Alhejoj, Bandel & Al-Najjar, 2016 (unavailable name under ICZN Art. 16.4: no explicit fixation of name-bearing types)
- Species Mecoliotia bermudezi Clench & Aguayo, 1936 accepted as Sansonia tuberculata (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mecoliotia halligani Hedley, 1899 accepted as Sansonia halligani (Hedley, 1899)
- Species Mecoliotia iredalei Bavay, 1922 accepted as Sansonia iredalei (Bavay, 1922) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Mecoliotia jousseaumei Bavay, 1922 accepted as Clatrosansonia jousseaumei (Bavay, 1922) (original combination)
- Species Mecoliotia philippina Bandel & Kowalke, 1997 accepted as Clatrosansonia philippina (Bandel & Kowalke, 1997) (original combination)
- Species Mecoliotia spinosa Hedley, 1902 accepted as Mareleptopoma spinosa (Hedley, 1902)
- Species Mecoliotia sumatrensis Thiele, 1925 accepted as Sansonia sumatrensis (Thiele, 1925) (original combination)
marine
Hedley C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. (Supplement). <i>Memoirs of the Australian Museum</i>, 3: 547–565., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33592808
page(s): 555 [details]
page(s): 555 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mecoliotia Hedley, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413949 on 2026-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Hedley C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. (Supplement). <i>Memoirs of the Australian Museum</i>, 3: 547–565., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33592808
page(s): 555 [details]
basis of record Le Renard, J. & Bouchet, P. (2003). New species and genera of the family Pickworthiidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 25 (4): 569-591., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2003n4a1.pdf [details]
page(s): 555 [details]
basis of record Le Renard, J. & Bouchet, P. (2003). New species and genera of the family Pickworthiidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 25 (4): 569-591., available online at https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2003n4a1.pdf [details]
