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Seven new species of Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Indo-Pacific
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Seven new species of Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Indo-Pacific

Gary Rosenberg and Richard Salisbury
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v 163(1)
Mar 2014
PMID: 34421154
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378677View
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Abstract

Seven new species of Thala are described: T. abelai and T. merrilli (type locality Guam, Mariana Islands), T. evelynae and T. suduirauti (Philippines), T. kilburni and T. pallida (Bassas da India Reef, Mozambique Channel) and T. ruggeriae (Tanzania) and their geographic ranges established. Lectotypes are selected for T. exilis (Reeve, 1845), T. roseata (A. Adams, 1855), T. fusus (Souverbie, 1876), and T. ogasawaranaPilsbry, 1904, and T. fusus is synonymized with T. mirifica (Reeve, 1845). The range of T. lillicoiRosenberg & Salisbury, 2007 is extended to Kwajalein from Hawaii. Live animals of six species are illustrated. Microsculpture of 14 species is illustrated with scanning electron microscopy.

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