Acestarica is a genus of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae. Acestarica vitrina is the only species in the genus.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Limida |
| Family: | Limidae |
| Genus: | Acestarica Dekkers, 2022 |
| Species: | A. vitrina
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| Binomial name | |
| Acestarica vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015)
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Acesta vitrina Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015 superseded combination | |
Distribution edit
This species occurs off the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acestarica vitrina (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596545 on 2024-02-20
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acestarica Dekkers, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596543 on 2024-02-20
- Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Stahlschmidt P. (2015). New shelled molluscan species from the central Philippines I. Visaya. 4(3): 15–59. page(s): 38, pl. 18 figs 1–2.
- Dekkers, A.M. (2022). Acestarica, a new genus for a translucent deep-water species (Bivalvia: Limidae). Basteria. 86(1): 22–24.
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