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Petaloconchus myrakeenae Absalão & Rios, 1987

533275  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533275)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Vermetoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Vermetidae (Family)
  9. Petaloconchus (Genus)
  10. Petaloconchus myrakeenae (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Absalao, R. S. & Rios, E. C. (1987). <i>Petaloconchus myrakeenae</i>, a new species of Vermetidae from Brazilian waters (Molusca [sic]: Gastropoda). <em>Revista Brasileira de Biologia.</em> 47 (3): 415-418.
page(s): 415-418, figs.1-5 [details] 
Type locality contained in Brazil  
type locality contained in Brazil (origin: native) [details]
, Note Ponta de Itaipu, Rio de Janeiro  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Ponta de Itaipu, Rio de Janeiro [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986).  
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petaloconchus myrakeenae Absalão & Rios, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533275 on 2025-08-22
Date
action
by
2010-10-15 08:28:27Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-10-15 08:54:50Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary
2013-06-24 16:58:00Z
changed
Bieler, Rüdiger
2022-11-22 09:12:17Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Absalao, R. S. & Rios, E. C. (1987). <i>Petaloconchus myrakeenae</i>, a new species of Vermetidae from Brazilian waters (Molusca [sic]: Gastropoda). <em>Revista Brasileira de Biologia.</em> 47 (3): 415-418.
page(s): 415-418, figs.1-5 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Breves, A.; De Paula, T. S.; Spotorno, P.; Fernandes, M. R.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Pimenta, A. D. (2022). Living in solitude or building reefs: ecophenotypic variation of the vermetid <i>Petaloconchus varians</i> revealed by mitochondrial DNA analysis. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 88(4): DOI 10.1093/mollus/eyac030., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyac030 [details] 

Other

additional source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 53, pl. S131 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986). [details]

Type locality Ponta de Itaipu, Rio de Janeiro [details]

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