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Type locality: Georgia, the right bank of the Kura River near Kaspi...

Note "Type locality: Georgia, the right bank of the Kura River near Kaspi settlement" for taxon Plagiocardium kartalinicum Popov, 1993 † has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on...

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Grammatical gender: Amphitritides is here regarded as feminine although its...

Note "Grammatical gender: Amphitritides is here regarded as feminine although its grammatical gender is debatable. Amphitrite is feminine but '-ides' names are masculine unless the author treated them...

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Type locality: Off Namibia: 20.013°S 12.984°E, depth 44 m for taxon...

Note "Type locality: Off Namibia: 20.013°S 12.984°E, depth 44 m" for taxon Amphitritides namibiensis Bick & Zettler, 2024 has been added by Geoffrey Read via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: Amphitritides namibiensis is named for the geographic region where...

Note "Etymology: Amphitritides namibiensis is named for the geographic region where collected" for taxon Amphitritides namibiensis Bick & Zettler, 2024 has been added by Geoffrey Read via the...

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Type locality: Off Namibia: 18.000°S 11.650°E, depth 125 m, for taxon...

Note "Type locality: Off Namibia: 18.000°S 11.650°E, depth 125 m," for taxon Amphitritides skeletonensis Bick & Zettler, 2024 has been added by Geoffrey Read via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: Amphitritides skeletonensis is named for the name of the northern...

Note "Etymology: Amphitritides skeletonensis is named for the name of the northern part of coast of Namibia, the Skeleton Coast (type locality geographic area)." for taxon Amphitritides skeletonensis...

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Original description: The subgenus Pentacamptus was proposed by Willey (1934)...

Note "Original description: The subgenus Pentacamptus was proposed by Willey (1934) for its type species, C. hiatus s. str. Willey, 1934, C. hiatus paludicola Willey, 1934, and C. hiatus urceolicola...

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Etymology: Named for the Jamaican malacologist, Henry Vendryes (1822-1907)....

Note "Etymology: Named for the Jamaican malacologist, Henry Vendryes (1822-1907)." for taxon Hyalaea (Diacria) vendryesiana Guppy, 1873 † has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface on...

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Type locality: Malaysia, Sarawak, Gua Rumbang, near Kampung Semadang, along...

Note "Type locality: Malaysia, Sarawak, Gua Rumbang, near Kampung Semadang, along Sarawak Kanan River, ~ 11 miles Southwest Padawan, Kuching Division; 1°16.77'N, 110°15.69'E" for taxon Diplommatina...

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Etymology: From author (Hartman, 1978: 191): "The generic name [Emaga] is a...

Note "Etymology: From author (Hartman, 1978: 191): "The generic name [Emaga] is a corruption of Amage Malmgren."" for taxon Emaga Hartman, 1978 has been added by João Gil via the webinterface on...

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Type material: Fauchald (1992:132) reports there is no type material of...

Note "Type material: Fauchald (1992:132) reports there is no type material of Leodice enteles at MCZ. However, earlier Hartman (1938: 95 ) in her new species from California article writes "Through the...

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Status: There are no original figures and types are lost. Fauchald regarded...

Note "Status: There are no original figures and types are lost. Fauchald regarded the species as indeterminable. It can be referred back to the original Leodice (reinstated as a valid genus distinct...

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Status: Moniliform antennae therefore best retained as a Leodice.There are no...

Note "Status: Moniliform antennae therefore best retained as a Leodice.There are no original figures and types are lost. Fauchald regarded the species as indeterminable. Apparently it is similar to...

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Editor's comment: indeterminable according to Fauchald (1992) as the type is...

Note "Editor's comment: indeterminable according to Fauchald (1992) as the type is lost and there were no original figures. As the antennae were moniliform probably the original combination as Leodice...

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Type locality: Laguna Beach, California. Chamberlin received the specimens...

Note "Type locality: Laguna Beach, California. Chamberlin received the specimens from a Professor Hilton." for taxon Leodice monilifer Chamberlin, 1919 has been added by Geoffrey Read via the...

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Identification: According to Mortimer & Clarke (2024) the majority of...

Note "Identification: According to Mortimer & Clarke (2024) the majority of material identified by Day as M. capensis, apart from the holotype, actually belongs to a further smaller species which...

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Etymology: Not stated, but 'capensis' is a standard adjectival species-group...

Note "Etymology: Not stated, but 'capensis' is a standard adjectival species-group name for species from off the southern tip of South Africa." for taxon Magelona capensis Day, 1961 has been added by...

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Etymology: Not known. However, Magelona (feminine) is a 1535 German spelling...

Note "Etymology: Not known. However, Magelona (feminine) is a 1535 German spelling of the name of a princess (beautiful Magelone, daughter of the King of Naples) who appears in the prose and verse tale...

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Etymology: Named for the Jamaican malacologist, Henry Vendryes (1822-1907)....

Note "Etymology: Named for the Jamaican malacologist, Henry Vendryes (1822-1907)." for taxon Bulla vendryesiana Guppy, 1873 † has been added by Kurt Auffenberg via the webinterface on...

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Type locality: North of New Caledonia, 18° 51´S 163° 21´E, 550 m for taxon...

Note "Type locality: North of New Caledonia, 18° 51´S 163° 21´E, 550 m" for taxon Exilia graphiduloides Kantor & Bouchet, 2001 has been added by Maxim Vinarski via the webinterface on...

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