original description
(of ) Kepner W.A., Ferguson F.F., Stirewalt M.A. (1938). Mesostomum virginianum. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 121: 307–313. [details] Available for editors
basis of record
Ruebush, T. K. (1939). Report on the Rhabdocoele Turbellaria. Collected by the Yale north India expedition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 126: 49-67.
page(s): 64 [details] Available for editors
additional source
Hyman, L. H. (1939). North American Rhabdocoela and Alloeocoela. IV. Mesostoma macropenis, new species, from Douglas Lake, Michigan. <em>The American Midland Naturalist.</em> 21(3): 646–650.
page(s): 646 [details] Available for editors
additional source
Papi, F. (1949). Mesostoma benazzii n. sp., Rhabdocelo d'acqua dolce dei dintorni di Pisa. <em>Archivio Zoologio Italiano.</em> 34: 1–24.
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
additional 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.
page(s): 3–4, 6–7, 10–11, 15, 33, 37 [details] Available for editors
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