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Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records
Abstract. BACKGROUND: The family Epitoniidae is a group of small to medium-sized gastropods and occurs globally from the intertidal zone to abyssal seabeds. There are 101 epitoniid species currently recorded from Taiwan. NEW INFORMATION: Based on our investigations of seashores and fishing ports of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27660525 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653 |
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author | Huang, Chih-Wei Lee, Yen-Chen |
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description | Abstract. BACKGROUND: The family Epitoniidae is a group of small to medium-sized gastropods and occurs globally from the intertidal zone to abyssal seabeds. There are 101 epitoniid species currently recorded from Taiwan. NEW INFORMATION: Based on our investigations of seashores and fishing ports of Taiwan, a new species and 12 new records of Epitoniidae species are reported. Of the 12 new records, four are new to the East Asian region and two are new records to the Indo-Pacific region. Our results increase the number of Taiwanese Epitoniidae from 101 species to 114 species. |
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spelling | pubmed-50181132016-09-22 Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records Huang, Chih-Wei Lee, Yen-Chen Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. BACKGROUND: The family Epitoniidae is a group of small to medium-sized gastropods and occurs globally from the intertidal zone to abyssal seabeds. There are 101 epitoniid species currently recorded from Taiwan. NEW INFORMATION: Based on our investigations of seashores and fishing ports of Taiwan, a new species and 12 new records of Epitoniidae species are reported. Of the 12 new records, four are new to the East Asian region and two are new records to the Indo-Pacific region. Our results increase the number of Taiwanese Epitoniidae from 101 species to 114 species. Pensoft Publishers 2016-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5018113/ /pubmed/27660525 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653 Text en Chih-Wei Huang, Yen-Chen Lee http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Taxonomic Paper Huang, Chih-Wei Lee, Yen-Chen Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records |
title | Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records |
title_full | Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records |
title_fullStr | Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records |
title_full_unstemmed | Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records |
title_short | Checklist of the family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Taiwan with description of a new species and some new records |
title_sort | checklist of the family epitoniidae (mollusca: gastropoda) in taiwan with description of a new species and some new records |
topic | Taxonomic Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27660525 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e5653 |
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