Limatium pagodula

Limatium pagodula

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 pagodula

Name

Limatium pagodula Strong & Bouchet, 2018

ZooBank: 127FB8BA-1F31-4D61-A73B-5D05E8AC659B

Holotype: UF 427943 (Biocode No. MBIO19550, Specimen No. BMOO-03501).

Type locality: French Polynesia, Society Islands, Moorea. Haapiti, just NW of Matauvau Pass outer reef slope, brushed from under rubble, 17°34.1'S, 149°53.0'W, 20–22 m (Moorea Biocode; collector’s event ID MIB_087; leg. Chris Meyer & Christian McKeon; 20 October 2008).

Paratypes:

USNM 1462731. Tuamotu Islands, Makemo, Pohue (ex. coll. Letourneux)

MNHN IM-2014-6933. Vanuatu, Santo, W. of Tutuba I., SANTO 2006 stn. DS104

Etymology: From the Latin pagoda, with reference to the strongly angular whorls reminiscent of the upward curving roofs of Asian temples; pagodula is a diminutive, used as a noun in apposition.

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 pagodula E. E. Strong & Bouchet, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1253288 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/1932570092

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

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