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Ostracolethe Simroth, 1901
995771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995771)
accepted
Genus
Ostracolethe fruhstorfferi Simroth, 1901 (type by monotypy)
Myotesta Collinge, 1901 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym; see notes)
Simroth, H. (1901). Über eine merkwürdige neue Gattung von Stylommatophoren. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25 (660): 62-64., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903924
page(s): 64 [details]
page(s): 64 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ostracolethe Simroth, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995771 on 2025-09-11
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Simroth, H. (1901). Über eine merkwürdige neue Gattung von Stylommatophoren. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 25 (660): 62-64., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903924
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Myotesta Collinge, 1901) Collinge, W. E. (1901). Description of some new species of slugs collected by Mr. H. Fruhstorfer. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 8(4): 118-121., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28220786
page(s): 118 [details]
basis of record Dedov, I., Vu, Q. M. Anh, T. T. (2025). Slugs and semi-slugs of the superfamily Helicarionoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) collected in North Vietnam during the 2023 Bulgarian Zoological Expedition, with emphasis on the genus Ostracolethe. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1249: 317–338. [25 August]., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/155684/ [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Myotesta Collinge, 1901) Collinge, W. E. (1901). Description of some new species of slugs collected by Mr. H. Fruhstorfer. <em>Journal of Malacology.</em> 8(4): 118-121., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28220786
page(s): 118 [details]
basis of record Dedov, I., Vu, Q. M. Anh, T. T. (2025). Slugs and semi-slugs of the superfamily Helicarionoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) collected in North Vietnam during the 2023 Bulgarian Zoological Expedition, with emphasis on the genus Ostracolethe. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1249: 317–338. [25 August]., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/155684/ [details] Available for editors
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Editor's comment Published simultaneously [30 December] with Myotesta Collinge, 1901. Hoffmann (1924) gave precedence to Ostracolethe over Myotesta by First Reviser Choice [details]
