Westblad E 1940 (citation)- mentions this species p 2 only. Westblad E 1942 (citation)- p 30 mentions this species as Convoluta lutheri, no description. Westblad E 1946 (citation)- described this species first as Convoluta, redescribed and illustration as an Aphnostoma. Westblad E 1948 (citation)- notes it should be Mecynostomum p 74; p 40 on penis of Convoluta lutheri; p 39 illustration of copulatory organ; p 44 illustration of bursa and comment on p 45; p 49 role of syncytium in bursa; p 50 separate male and female pores. Marcus E 1948 (citation)- includes this in his key p 112. Luther A 1960 (citation)- good description and illustration. Steinbock O 1967 (citation)- mentions as Mecynostomum lutheri p 399, 400, 401. Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- p 114 lists as type, p 344-48 description and illustration. Lists lutheri on p 91 and notes was Aphanostoma or Mecynostomum. Dorjes J 1968 (citation)- on ecololgy of in Germany p 88, 99. Hendelberg J, Hedlund K-O 1973 (citation)- electron microscopy on ciliary structure. Karling TG 1974 (citation)- in list p 9, in key p 14, illustration p 13, ecology of p 28, 64, 78, 81, and 84. Description p 48. Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation)- Swedish Museum of Natural History, examination shows this species and Aphanostoma lutheri Westblad 1946 to be the same. Moves to Pelophila lutheri. Long list of synonyms: Convoluta lutheri Westblad (nomen nudum) Aphanostoma lutheri Westblad 1948 Mcynostomum lutheri Westblad 1948 Praeaphanostoma lutheri (Westblad 1948) Dorjes 1968 Pelophila cavernosa Dorjes 1968 Ehlers U, Doerjes J 1979 (citation)- p 25 note this place in Pelophila by Dorjes J, Karling TG 1975 (citation).
Hooge MD, Haye P, Tyler S, Litvaitis MK, Kornfield I 2002 (citation)- Phylogenetic relationships using 18S rDNA, and morphological characters of sperm and body-wall musculature.
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