Limatium aureum

Limatium aureum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cerithioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea

Familia: Cerithiidae
Subfamilia: Bittiinae
Genus: Limatium
Species: Limatium aureum

Name

Limatium aureum Strong & Bouchet, 2018

ZooBank: 6EF8F349-E899-4E59-A93D-1CECB0CA47C0

Holotype: MNHN IM-2013-42460

Type locality: Austral Islands, Maria I., outer slope of barrier reef, 21°47.8'S, 154°43'W, 24 m [TUHAA PAE 2013 cruise, stn. AMA02, field number PB16_BC855; leg. A. Fedosov; 5 April 2013].

Etymology: Latin adjective aureus, -a, -um, meaning golden, with reference to the background color of the shell.

References

• Strong, E.E. & Bouchet, P. 2018. A rare and unusual new bittiine genus with two new species from the South Pacific (Cerithiidae, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 758: 1–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.758.25100. Reference page. 

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Links

• MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Limatium aureum E. E. Strong & Bouchet, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253291 on 2020-06-22
• MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (2020). The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 70.166. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xgoxap accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-06-22. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1932569879

• BHL bibliography
• Limatium aureum – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Limatium aureum.
• ION

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