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Issue: Vol. 402 No. 1: 12 Jan. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.402.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 55
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Two new records of Epitoniidae from Easter Island, Chile

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Mollusca Gastropoda Epitoniidae taxonomy Easter Island

Abstract

While dredging off the coast of Easter Island, two species of Epitoniidae were discovered, which have not been previously reported, Epitonium (Parviscala) deificum (Melvill & Standen, 1903), a species previously known from the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and Hawaii, and Opalia (Opalia) sumatrensis (Thiele, 1925) a species previously known from Padang, Sumatra, and are the first epitoniids to be reported from the island in nearly twenty-five years.

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