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Etymology: To emphasise the obvious similarities to G. costulifer Golovatch,...

Note "Etymology: To emphasise the obvious similarities to G. costulifer Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauriès & VandenSpiegel, 2007. Noun in apposition." for taxon Glyphiulus pseudocostulifer Likhitrakarn,...

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Etymology: To honour the German collector and biospeleologist Helmut Steiner,...

Note "Etymology: To honour the German collector and biospeleologist Helmut Steiner, an active explorer of the caves of Laos, noun." for taxon Glyphiulus steineri Likhitrakarn, Jeratthitikul,...

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Etymology: The species is named in allusion to the type locality — Houaphan...

Note "Etymology: The species is named in allusion to the type locality — Houaphan Province, adjective." for taxon Glyphiulus houaphanhensis Likhitrakarn, Jeratthitikul, Jirapatrasilp & Wesener,...

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Etymology: To emphasize the orange body which, when rolled up into a sphere,...

Note "Etymology: To emphasize the orange body which, when rolled up into a sphere, resembles Dragon Balls, the magical artifacts in the Japanese manga and anime series Dragon Ball; adjective in...

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Etymology: To emphasize the dark spots on the dorsum, adjective in feminine...

Note "Etymology: To emphasize the dark spots on the dorsum, adjective in feminine gender." for taxon Hyleoglomeris nigromaculata Likhitrakarn, Sutcharit & Panha, 2024 has been added by Derek Hennen...

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Etymology: To emphasize the type locality, adjective in feminine gender for...

Note "Etymology: To emphasize the type locality, adjective in feminine gender" for taxon Hyleoglomeris suwannakhuhensis Likhitrakarn, Sutcharit & Panha, 2024 has been added by Derek Hennen via the...

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Etymology: To emphasize the body coloration with contrasting black and yellow...

Note "Etymology: To emphasize the body coloration with contrasting black and yellow bands, resembling the typical color pattern of a bumblebee of the genus Bombus, a noun in feminine gender." for taxon...

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Etymology: To honour Assistant Professor Dr. Piyoros Tongkerd, malacologist...

Note "Etymology: To honour Assistant Professor Dr. Piyoros Tongkerd, malacologist and lecturer at the Faculty of Science at Chulalongkorn University, who participated in collecting many millipede...

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Etymology: To emphasize the word “krasoon” from the compound word “kingkeu...

Note "Etymology: To emphasize the word “krasoon” from the compound word “kingkeu krasoon” which means “pill millipede” in Thai, a noun in apposition." for taxon Hyleoglomeris krasoon Likhitrakarn,...

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Etymology: Named after the locality, ‘hoanglien’ noun in apposition, where...

Note "Etymology: Named after the locality, ‘hoanglien’ noun in apposition, where the type specimens were found." for taxon Hyleoglomeris hoanglien Nguyen, Eguchi & Hwang, 2019 has been added by...

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Etymology: Named (noun in apposition) after the Fanxipan Mountain where the...

Note "Etymology: Named (noun in apposition) after the Fanxipan Mountain where the type specimens were found." for taxon Hyleoglomeris fanxipan Nguyen, Eguchi & Hwang, 2019 has been added by Derek...

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Stratigraphy: Upper Silurian (Ludfordian-Pridolian), Paleozoic. for taxon...

Note "Stratigraphy: Upper Silurian (Ludfordian-Pridolian), Paleozoic." for taxon Craniops brussai Benedetto, Lavié & Salas, 2024 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: Specific epithet 'brussai' to honor the late Edsel Daniel Brussa...

Note "Etymology: Specific epithet 'brussai' to honor the late Edsel Daniel Brussa for his outstanding work on Silurian graptolites of Argentina." for taxon Craniops brussai Benedetto, Lavié &...

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Stratigraphy: Silurian (Gorstian), Paleozoic. for taxon Craniops speculum...

Note "Stratigraphy: Silurian (Gorstian), Paleozoic." for taxon Craniops speculum Benedetto, Lavié & Salas, 2024 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on 2024-06-15T23:34:37+00:00

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Type locality: "a Carrara sopra Torano, e alla Tambura, rara a Matanna ed...

Note "Type locality: "a Carrara sopra Torano, e alla Tambura, rara a Matanna ed altrove""" for taxon Pupa avenacea var. oligodonta Del Prete, 187 has been added by Eike Neubert via the webinterface on...

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Type locality: Dominican Republic, exact locality unknown. This species was...

Note "Type locality: Dominican Republic, exact locality unknown. This species was originally described as coming from the early Miocene Chipola Formation of Florida (Maury, 1910, p. 138), but this...

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Fasciolaria inermis Jonas, 1846 for...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Fasciolaria inermis Jonas, 1846" for taxon Fasciolaria tarbelliana var. inermis R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1890 † has been added by Thomas A. Neubauer via the...

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Status: Potential senior synonym of Polygona vindobonensis...

Note "Status: Potential senior synonym of Polygona vindobonensis (Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1956) according to Harzhauser et al. (2024), Handmann's description would fit a subadult specimen of that species....

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Nomenclature: Nom. nov. pro Fasciolaria fimbriata sensu Hörnes (1854, pl. 33,...

Note "Nomenclature: Nom. nov. pro Fasciolaria fimbriata sensu Hörnes (1854, pl. 33, figs 5–7), non Tarantinaea fimbriata (Brocchi, 1814)." for taxon Fasciolaria hoernesii G. Seguenza, 1875 † has been...

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Status: Considered a taxon inquirendum by Harzhauser et al. (2024), but also...

Note "Status: Considered a taxon inquirendum by Harzhauser et al. (2024), but also listed in the synonymy of Tarantinaea hoernesii (Seguenza, 1875), since the material "might represent a subadult...

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