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Acestarica

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Genus of molluscs

Acestarica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Limida
Family: Limidae
Genus: Acestarica
Dekkers, 2022
Species: A. vitrina
Binomial name
Acestarica vitrina
(Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015)
Synonyms

Acesta vitrina Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015 superseded combination

Acestarica is a genus of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. Acestarica vitrina is the only species in the genus.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acestarica vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596545 on 2024-02-20
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acestarica Dekkers, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596543 on 2024-02-20
  • Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Stahlschmidt P. (2015). New shelled molluscan species from the central Philippines I. Visaya. 4(3): 15–59. page(s): 38, pl. 18 figs 1–2.
  • Dekkers, A.M. (2022). Acestarica, a new genus for a translucent deep-water species (Bivalvia: Limidae). Basteria. 86(1): 22–24.
Taxon identifiers
Acestarica
Acestarica vitrina
Acesta vitrina


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