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Ercolania gopalai Rao 1937

Description

Ercolania gopalai (Rao, 1937)

Fig. 9A

Stiliger gopalai Rao, 1937: 438 –451, pl. 7–9.

Ercolania gopalai: Jensen 2007: 280.

Material examined. Dam Bay, mangrove plantation, 10 specimens.

Abundance. Uncommon.

Measurements. 2–4 mm.

Ecological notes. On a sand flat in front of the mangrove (K. Jensen, personal communication). It was found in quantitative samples in the mid intertidal zone, possibly on green algae.

Relation to mangroves. Eurybiotic.

Distribution in Vietnam. Central coast.

General distribution. East India, Hong Kong (Jensen 2007).

Notes

Published as part of Zvonareva, Sofya & Kantor, Yuri, 2016, Cheсklist of gastropod molluscs in mangroves of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam, pp. 401-437 in Zootaxa 4162 (3) on page 429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/254973

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rao
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Sacoglossa
Family
Limapontiidae
Genus
Ercolania
Species
gopalai
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ercolania gopalai Rao, 1937 sec. Zvonareva & Kantor, 2016

References

  • Rao, K. V. (1937) Structure, habits and early development of a new species of Stiliger Ehrenberg. Records of the Indian Museum, 39, 435 - 464, pls. 7 - 9.
  • Jensen, K. R. (2007) Biogeography of Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opistobranchia). Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 55, 255 - 281.