Synonymy of Ficopomatus enigmaticus

(Relevant original names and New Zealand records only)

Ficopomatus enigmaticus as:    Mercierella enigmatica
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Fauvel 1923 (pages 424-430, illus. Fig.1a-o.)
  Record locality: Canal de Caen, France
  Remarks: The species had appeared newly (as an alien) on the Channel coast of France when described by Fauvel.
  [Basionym for this record: Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel 1923]

Ficopomatus enigmaticus as:    Ficopomatus enigmaticus
  Name used as: Material-based revision or review by:  ten Hove and Weerdenburg 1978 (pages 114-116, illus. Fig.2e-I, etc.)
  Record locality: Worldwide review
  Remarks: Rationalises genera and delineates species.
  [Basionym for this record: Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel 1923]

Ficopomatus enigmaticus as:    Ficopomatus enigmaticus
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Read and Gordon 1991 (pages 269-272, illus. Fig.1A-G.)
  Record locality: Whangarei Town basin; Otahuhu Tamaki Estuary
  Remarks: First record of new alien serpulid for New Zealand.
  [Basionym for this record: Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel 1923]

Ficopomatus enigmaticus as:    Ficopomatus enigmaticus
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Probert 1993 (pages 35-36, illus. None.)
  Record locality: Ahuriri Estuary, Napier
  Remarks: Record, without any description, from Ahuriri Estuary, Napier, noting a dense settlement event in October 1991. Deposition of specimens unstated.
  [Basionym for this record: Mercierella enigmatica Fauvel 1923]

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