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Acestarica

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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[1]

Acesta vitrina Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015 superseded combination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.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  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.