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Kerkia stellata Grego & Falniowski, 2022
1609905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1609905)
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Hofman, S.; Grego, J.; Beran, L.; Jaszczyńska, A.; Osikowski, A.; Falniowski, A. (2022). <i>Kerkia</i> Radoman, 1978 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae): endemism, apparently morphostatic evolution and cryptic speciation. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 42 (4): 295-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2022.2129943
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Note Croatia, Zvijezda spring, left bank of Cetina...
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Type locality Croatia, Zvijezda spring, left bank of Cetina River, Slime, Omiš district, 43°26.23ʹN, 16°44.45ʹE [details]
Etymology The specific epithet stellata refers to stella, the Latin word for star, for the name of the type locality, Zvijezda...
Etymology The specific epithet stellata refers to stella, the Latin word for star, for the name of the type locality, Zvijezda Spring, ‘zvijezda’ meaning ‘star’ in Croatian [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kerkia stellata Grego & Falniowski, 2022. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609905 on 2025-09-12
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Hofman, S.; Grego, J.; Beran, L.; Jaszczyńska, A.; Osikowski, A.; Falniowski, A. (2022). <i>Kerkia</i> Radoman, 1978 (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae): endemism, apparently morphostatic evolution and cryptic speciation. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 42 (4): 295-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2022.2129943
page(s): 16, figs. 4 I-K, 9B, 10 A, C, 11 D [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 16, figs. 4 I-K, 9B, 10 A, C, 11 D [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The specific epithet stellata refers to stella, the Latin word for star, for the name of the type locality, Zvijezda Spring, ‘zvijezda’ meaning ‘star’ in Croatian [details]Type locality Croatia, Zvijezda spring, left bank of Cetina River, Slime, Omiš district, 43°26.23ʹN, 16°44.45ʹE [details]
