original description
Dugès, A. (1830). Aperçu de quelques observations nouvelles sur les Planaires et plusieurs genres voisins. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles.</em> 1. Ser. Tom. 21: 72-91., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32172479
page(s): 76; note: See "Note on authority" under Notes [details] 
taxonomy source
Noreña Janssen, C.; Faubel, A. (1992). Revision of the Subfamily Mesostominae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 89: 7–47.
note: Revision [details] Available for editors 
taxonomy source
Ferguson F.F., Hayes W.J. jr. (1941). A synopsis of the genus Mesostoma Ehrenberg 1835. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 57(1): 1–52.
note: Monography [details] Available for editors 
basis of record
Tom Artois; Ernest Schockaert. (2005-2017). World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia. (look up in IMIS) [details]
ecology source
Basil J.A. & Fernando R.S. (1975). Ecological notes on the Indian freshwater microturbellaria: Mesostoma sp. <em>The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 72: 875-877. [details] Available for editors 
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Introduced: alien
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