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Coilostele xana Raven, Alonso Suárez, Prieto & Quiñonero Salgado, 2025
1822672 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1822672)
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Raven J.G.M., Alonso Suárez A., Prieto C.E. & Quiñonero Salgado S. (2025). Review of the genus <i>Coilostele</i> Benson, 1864 (Gastropoda: Ellobiidae) in Spain, including <i>Coilostele xana</i> spec. nov. from Asturias and first observations on the anatomy of the genus. <em>Basteria.</em> 89 (1): 71-92.
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Note Desfiladero de las Xanas, Santo Adriano,...
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Type locality Desfiladero de las Xanas, Santo Adriano, Asturias, Spain (utm 30T UN5766395245, 380 m alt.), in a group of crevices in limestone rock beside the path, 0.75 km SE of entrance to the cleft [details]
Etymology Named after the xana, one of the best known characters in Asturian folklore, representing a fairy living in the crystalline...
Etymology Named after the xana, one of the best known characters in Asturian folklore, representing a fairy living in the crystalline water of streams and waterfalls and in forests [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Coilostele xana Raven, Alonso Suárez, Prieto & Quiñonero Salgado, 2025. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1822672 on 2025-09-11
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Raven J.G.M., Alonso Suárez A., Prieto C.E. & Quiñonero Salgado S. (2025). Review of the genus <i>Coilostele</i> Benson, 1864 (Gastropoda: Ellobiidae) in Spain, including <i>Coilostele xana</i> spec. nov. from Asturias and first observations on the anatomy of the genus. <em>Basteria.</em> 89 (1): 71-92.
page(s): 81-82, figs. 3, 13-14, 22-32, 35-39, 42 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 81-82, figs. 3, 13-14, 22-32, 35-39, 42 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Named after the xana, one of the best known characters in Asturian folklore, representing a fairy living in the crystalline water of streams and waterfalls and in forests [details]Type locality Desfiladero de las Xanas, Santo Adriano, Asturias, Spain (utm 30T UN5766395245, 380 m alt.), in a group of crevices in limestone rock beside the path, 0.75 km SE of entrance to the cleft [details]
