Turbellarian taxonomic database

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Bilateria (Main hierarchy)
Protostomia       Grobben, 1908
Platyhelminthes       Minot, 1876
Rhabditophora       Ehlers, 1985
Trepaxonemata       Ehlers, 1984
Euneoophora       Laumer & Giribet, 2014
Rhabdocoela       Ehrenberg, 1831
Dalytyphloplanida       Willems, Wallberg, Jondelius, Littlewood, Backeljau, Schockaert, Artoi
Neotyphloplanida       Willems et al., 2006
Limnotyphloplanida       Van Steenkiste et al., 2013
Typhloplanidae       Graff, 1905
Mesostominae       Hyman, 1955
Mesostoma       Duges, 1830
hirudo       Schmidt, 1858

Current synonymy:

Typhloplana hirudo (Schmidt, 1858) synonym of Mesostoma hirudo Schmidt, 1858 according to Diesing KM (1862), p.
Typhloplanella hirudo (Schmidt, 1858) synonym of Mesostoma hirudo Schmidt, 1858 according to Sekera E (1912), p. 12-16
Mesostoma hirudo Schmidt, 1858 synonym of Plagiostomum hirudo (Schmidt, 1858) according to Hofsten N v (1907), p. 445
Plagiostomum hirudo (Schmidt, 1858) accepted name

Currently accepted as Plagiostomum hirudo (Schmidt, 1858)

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