MolluscaBase taxon details
Cerithiopsis vescula Pimenta, Garofalo, Figueira & M. Fernandes, 2024
1766888 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1766888)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pimenta, A. D.; Garofalo, R. de Souza Faria; Figueira, R. M. Andrade; Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Unraveling another of the 'Big Fiveʹ: new species and records of Cerithiopsidae from Brazil (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5494(1): 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5494.1.1
page(s): 35, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 35, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Note Brazil. off Bahia state, Baía de Todos os Santos.
From editor or global species database
Type locality Brazil. off Bahia state, Baía de Todos os Santos. [details]
Etymology From the Latin word vesculus = weak, poor, thin, little. This species is named after its weak adapical spiral cord in the...
Etymology From the Latin word vesculus = weak, poor, thin, little. This species is named after its weak adapical spiral cord in the first teleoconch whorls. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsis vescula Pimenta, Garofalo, Figueira & M. Fernandes, 2024. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1766888 on 2025-09-12
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Pimenta, A. D.; Garofalo, R. de Souza Faria; Figueira, R. M. Andrade; Fernandes, M. R. (2024). Unraveling another of the 'Big Fiveʹ: new species and records of Cerithiopsidae from Brazil (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5494(1): 1-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5494.1.1
page(s): 35, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 35, fig. 17 [details] Available for editors
[request]