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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-03-03
Page range: 298-300
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A new species of Ammonicera (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from Sesoko Island (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)

A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology; Far Eastern Branch; Russian Academy of Sciences; Palchevskogo Street 17; Vladivostok 690041; Russia
Mollusca Ammonicera Okinawa Omalogyridae

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How to Cite

Chernyshev, A.V. (2026) A new species of Ammonicera (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from Sesoko Island (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan). Zootaxa, 5763 (2), 298–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.9