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Etymology: Named for the American conchologist, Edward Sylvester Morse...

Note "Etymology: Named for the American conchologist, Edward Sylvester Morse (1835-1925)" for taxon Venericardia (Cyclocardia) morsei Dall, 1918 has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface...

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Type locality: Sagami for taxon Venericardia (Cyclocardia) morsei Dall, 1918

Note "Type locality: Sagami" for taxon Venericardia (Cyclocardia) morsei Dall, 1918 has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface on 2024-08-14T15:01:12+00:00

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Type locality: Off Maricá, Rio de Janeiro State, 80 meters depth, entangled...

Note "Type locality: Off Maricá, Rio de Janeiro State, 80 meters depth, entangled in a lost net" for taxon Pyrene ledaluciae Rios & Tostes, 1981 has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the...

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Etymology: Named for the wives of the authors, Leda Rios and Luci Tostes. for...

Note "Etymology: Named for the wives of the authors, Leda Rios and Luci Tostes." for taxon Pyrene ledaluciae Rios & Tostes, 1981 has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: micro- (G) Little; -dactyl (G), fingers; that is, the cirri. The...

Note "Etymology: micro- (G) Little; -dactyl (G), fingers; that is, the cirri. The name also reflects the species’ similarity to X. microchira Voight, 2007 small hand." for taxon Xylophaga microdactylus...

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Etymology: SE of Cape Henlopen, Delaware; 38°29.8’N, 72° 32.9’W; 2625–2640 m....

Note "Etymology: SE of Cape Henlopen, Delaware; 38°29.8’N, 72° 32.9’W; 2625–2640 m." for taxon Xylophaga microdactylus Voight, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: Named for the Belgian malacologist, Bernard M. Tursch (19**-****)....

Note "Etymology: Named for the Belgian malacologist, Bernard M. Tursch (19**-****)." for taxon Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschi Houart, 1981 has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface on...

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Type locality: Hansa Bay for taxon Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschi Houart, 1981

Note "Type locality: Hansa Bay" for taxon Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschi Houart, 1981 has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface on 2024-08-14T18:46:29+00:00

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Type locality: NE of Norfolk, Virginia, 37°01.7 N, 73°59.1 W to 37°00.5 N,...

Note "Type locality: NE of Norfolk, Virginia, 37°01.7 N, 73°59.1 W to 37°00.5 N, 73°57.0 W, 2245–2275 m" for taxon Xylophaga platyplax Voight, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the...

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Etymology: platy- (G) flat; plax referring to mesoplax. for taxon Xylophaga...

Note "Etymology: platy- (G) flat; plax referring to mesoplax." for taxon Xylophaga platyplax Voight, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on 2024-08-14T20:04:11+00:00

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Type locality: E of Norfolk, Virginia, 36°54’ 30” N, 68°04’ 30”W, 4879 m. for...

Note "Type locality: E of Norfolk, Virginia, 36°54’ 30” N, 68°04’ 30”W, 4879 m." for taxon Xylophaga lambula Voight, 2024 has been added by Philippe Bouchet via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: Named with thanks for Cathy Lamb, who as a (former Smithsonian...

Note "Etymology: Named with thanks for Cathy Lamb, who as a (former Smithsonian Institution) museum technician collected all but four of the 33 lots of specimens reported in the original description....

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Taxonomic remark: Malformed suffix. Should be colombense. DIG for taxon...

Note "Taxonomic remark: Malformed suffix. Should be colombense. DIG" for taxon Ceylonotrema colombensis Guss has been added by David Gibson via the webinterface on 2024-08-14T20:11:09+00:00

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Etymology: The etymology of Asclerocheilus heterochaetus is not stated, but...

Note "Etymology: The etymology of Asclerocheilus heterochaetus is not stated, but it is perhaps so named because there are three types of chaetae." for taxon Asclerocheilus heterochaetus Kudenov &...

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Neotype: BMNH 1939.8.18.5-6 collected from Stn B, Lake Aguelman, Sidi Ali,...

Note "Neotype: BMNH 1939.8.18.5-6 collected from Stn B, Lake Aguelman, Sidi Ali, Moyen Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Designated by Hechtel & Sawyer (2002)" for taxon Hirudo troctina Johnson, 1816 has...

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Taxonomy: The species needs genetic confirmation. Could be a variant of...

Note "Taxonomy: The species needs genetic confirmation. Could be a variant of Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). Unpublished." for taxon Siganus labyrinthodes (Bleeker, 1853) has been added...

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Synonymy: Synonymized with Montipora monasteriata (Forskål, 1775) by Veron &...

Note "Synonymy: Synonymized with Montipora monasteriata (Forskål, 1775) by Veron & Wallace (1984) but reestablished by Nomura, et al. (2023)." for taxon Montipora sinensis Bernard, 1897 has been...

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Type locality: Tajikistan, the south-east Pamir Mts., Kobrigen locality for...

Note "Type locality: Tajikistan, the south-east Pamir Mts., Kobrigen locality" for taxon Primahalobia dronovi Polubotko, 2001 † has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: Named after V.I. Dronov - a geologist, who studied the Pamir Mts....

Note "Etymology: Named after V.I. Dronov - a geologist, who studied the Pamir Mts." for taxon Primahalobia dronovi Polubotko, 2001 † has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on...

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Type locality: Russia, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), the Kolhyma River basin,...

Note "Type locality: Russia, Republic of Yakutia (Sakha), the Kolhyma River basin, the Dzhugadzhaka River (the right tributary of the Kilgana River)" for taxon Primahalobia kilganaensis (Polubotko,...

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