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Etymology: The specific epithet is based on the Latin word striatis, meaning...

Note "Etymology: The specific epithet is based on the Latin word striatis, meaning stria, and otis, meaning ear; being the shell looking like a striated ear." for taxon Sinum striotis Simone, 2024 has...

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Distribution: Amapá to Santa Catarina, Brazil. for taxon Sinum striotis...

Note "Distribution: Amapá to Santa Catarina, Brazil." for taxon Sinum striotis Simone, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on 2024-08-11T20:50:59+00:00

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Type locality: Brazil. Espírito Santo; off Meaípe, 20°46′32″S, 40°31′35″W,...

Note "Type locality: Brazil. Espírito Santo; off Meaípe, 20°46′32″S, 40°31′35″W, 20‑25 m." for taxon Agaronia sterica Simone, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: The specific epithet is the nickname of the species when the...

Note "Etymology: The specific epithet is the nickname of the species when the Brazilian population was called steeriae, a joking related to the name hysterical, related to the confusion with the...

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Distribution: Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro coasts. for taxon Agaronia...

Note "Distribution: Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro coasts." for taxon Agaronia sterica Simone, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on 2024-08-11T20:50:59+00:00

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Type locality: Brazil. Amapá; off Amazon river mouth, 1.43°N 47.88″W, 46 m....

Note "Type locality: Brazil. Amapá; off Amazon river mouth, 1.43°N 47.88″W, 46 m." for taxon Voluta melodica Simone, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word melodiam,...

Note "Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word melodiam, meaning melody, in allusion to the shell and head-foot pigmentation, looking like musical scores." for taxon Voluta...

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Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the name of its place of...

Note "Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the name of its place of occurrence: Atol das Rocas." for taxon Phrontis rocas Simone & Abbate, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the...

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Type locality: Brazil. Rio Grande do Norte; Atol das Rocas, 03°51′28.05″S,...

Note "Type locality: Brazil. Rio Grande do Norte; Atol das Rocas, 03°51′28.05″S, 33°47′58.9″W, 1 m." for taxon Phrontis rocas Simone & Abbate, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the...

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Etymology: This species is named for Dr Hamish Campbell of GNS Science. for...

Note "Etymology: This species is named for Dr Hamish Campbell of GNS Science." for taxon Tibetothyris hamishi MacFarlan, 2023 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: This species is named for Dr Ian Raine of GNS Science. for taxon...

Note "Etymology: This species is named for Dr Ian Raine of GNS Science." for taxon Rhaetina rainei MacFarlan, 2023 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the webinterface on 2024-08-11T22:29:34+00:00

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Etymology: Species named after Marcus Richards of the Geology Department,...

Note "Etymology: Species named after Marcus Richards of the Geology Department, University of Otago." for taxon Lobothyris richardsi MacFarlan, 2023 † has been added by Tristan Verhoeff via the...

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Etymology: Westheide doesn't give an etymology, but the work appears as part...

Note "Etymology: Westheide doesn't give an etymology, but the work appears as part of an in memoriam for Olga Hartman, hence Microphthalmus hartmanae." for taxon Microphthalmus hartmanae Westheide,...

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Etymology: Species named after Dr. H.J. Finlay, who was a friend of the...

Note "Etymology: Species named after Dr. H.J. Finlay, who was a friend of the author (R.S. Allan) and who first detected the species in matrix attached to specimens of Notostrea tarda." for taxon...

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Biology: Lives inside green bubble seaweed Boergesenia forbesii. for taxon...

Note "Biology: Lives inside green bubble seaweed Boergesenia forbesii." for taxon Ercolania kencolesi Grzymbowski, Stemmer & Wägele, 2007 has been added by David Herbert via the webinterface on...

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Type locality: "Found in two caves on Devetashko Plateau, Northern Bulgaria:...

Note "Type locality: "Found in two caves on Devetashko Plateau, Northern Bulgaria: Urushka Maara (village of Krushuna) and Brashlianskata (village of Aleksandrovo)"" for taxon Devetakiola devetakia...

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Distribution: Only known from type locality for taxon Devetakiola devetakia...

Note "Distribution: Only known from type locality" for taxon Devetakiola devetakia (Glöer & Georgiev, 2013) has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on 2024-08-12T09:59:23+00:00

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Type locality: Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil, 19.959° S, 39.892° W; depth 11 m...

Note "Type locality: Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil, 19.959° S, 39.892° W; depth 11 m" for taxon Asclerocheilus geiseae Mendes, De Paiva & Rizzo, 2024 has been added by Geoffrey Read via the...

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Etymology: Asclerocheilus geiseae is named for "Dr Lena Geise, from the Rio...

Note "Etymology: Asclerocheilus geiseae is named for "Dr Lena Geise, from the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ)"" for taxon Asclerocheilus geiseae Mendes, De Paiva & Rizzo, 2024 has been added...

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Ecology: Asclerocheilus geiseae was found at the Rio Doce river mouth near...

Note "Ecology: Asclerocheilus geiseae was found at the Rio Doce river mouth near the Campos Basin (Brazilian southern region), living on sandy sediment at depths of 11–50 m." for taxon Asclerocheilus...

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