Turbellarians - Turbella tetragona (Müller, 1774) Diesing, 1862

Turbellarians name details

Turbella tetragona (Müller, 1774) Diesing, 1862

AphiaID

486918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486918)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Mesostoma tetragonum (Müller, 1774) Schmidt, 1848

Rank

Species

Parent

Turbella Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Mesostoma Dugès, 1830

Original name

Fasciola tetragona Müller, 1774

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Fasciola tetragona Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. [Book]. Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): Pars Altera: p. 69 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Turbella tetragona (Müller, 1774) Diesing, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486918 on 2025-10-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-06-25 07:25:58Z

created

Tyler, Seth

2022-05-17 07:20:50Z

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Artois, Tom

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original description (of Fasciola tetragona Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. [Book]. Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): Pars Altera: p. 69 [details]

new combination reference Diesing K.M. (1862). Revision der Turbellarien. Abteilung: Rhabdocoelen. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 45: 191–318., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2010837
page(s): 221 [details]

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