Deep-Sea taxon details
Orbitestella Iredale, 1917
138295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138295)
accepted
Genus
marine
Iredale, T. (1917). More molluscan name-changes, generic and specific. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12(6): 322-330., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770810
page(s): 327 [details]
page(s): 327 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138295 on 2026-10-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Orbitestella Iredale, 1917. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138295 on 2026-10-10
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Iredale, T. (1917). More molluscan name-changes, generic and specific. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 12(6): 322-330., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15770810
page(s): 327 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Ortega, J. R. & Gofas, S. (2019). The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 41(26): 513-551., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2019v41a26.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 222 [details]
additional source Ponder, W.F. (1990). The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 56: 515-532., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/56.4.515 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 327 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Ortega, J. R. & Gofas, S. (2019). The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 41(26): 513-551., available online at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/zoosystema2019v41a26.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology.</em> 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13., available online at https://archive.org/details/transactions-royal-society-new-zealand-zoology-9-193-224
page(s): 222 [details]
additional source Ponder, W.F. (1990). The anatomy and relationships of the Orbitestellidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 56: 515-532., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/56.4.515 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
