NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Mesomphaliini
  Subfamily - Cassidinae
  Family - Chrysomelidae
  Superfamily - Chrysomeloidea
  Infraorder - Cucujiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mesomphalia albofasciculata
      Species - Mesomphalia ampliata
      Species - Mesomphalia denudata
      Species - Mesomphalia gibbosa
      Species - Mesomphalia latipennis
      Species - Mesomphalia nudoplagiata
      Species - Mesomphalia pyramidata
      Species - Mesomphalia retipennis
      Species - Mesomphalia scrobiculata
      Species - Mesomphalia sexmaculata
      Species - Mesomphalia sexmaculosa
      Species - Mesomphalia sublaevis
      Species - Mesomphalia subnitens
      Species - Mesomphalia tumidula
      Species - Mesomphalia turrita
      Species - Mesomphalia variolaris