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Dicharax devraivasi Bhosale, Thackeray, Yadav & Khandekar, 2025
1806686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1806686)
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Bhosale, A., Thackeray, T., Yadav, O. & Khandekar, A. (2025). A new micro-snail species of the genus Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae: Alycaeinae), from sacred groves in the northern Western Ghats, India. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 45(3): 488-497 [5 April]., available online at http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/jconch/45/3/2025-45311.pdf
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Type locality contained in Maharashtra
type locality contained in Maharashtra [details]
Etymology The specific epithet is used as a noun in apposition. It is derived from the Marathi word “devrai”, meaning “sacred...
Etymology The specific epithet is used as a noun in apposition. It is derived from the Marathi word “devrai”, meaning “sacred grove”, and Sanskrit word “vasi”, meaning “inhabitant of ”, as the new species has so far only been reported from multiple sacred grove forests in Kolhapur District, northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dicharax devraivasi Bhosale, Thackeray, Yadav & Khandekar, 2025. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1806686 on 2025-09-11
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Bhosale, A., Thackeray, T., Yadav, O. & Khandekar, A. (2025). A new micro-snail species of the genus Dicharax Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1900 (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae: Alycaeinae), from sacred groves in the northern Western Ghats, India. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 45(3): 488-497 [5 April]., available online at http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/jconch/45/3/2025-45311.pdf
page(s): 490, Figures 2–5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 490, Figures 2–5 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The specific epithet is used as a noun in apposition. It is derived from the Marathi word “devrai”, meaning “sacred grove”, and Sanskrit word “vasi”, meaning “inhabitant of ”, as the new species has so far only been reported from multiple sacred grove forests in Kolhapur District, northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra. [details]
