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Three new species of Family Mitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the South China Sea are described in the present paper. They areZiba aglais sp. nov. B. LI & S. ZHANg,Neocancilla daidaleosa sp. nov. B. LI & X. LI, andMitra holkosa sp. nov. B. LI. Their systematic positions are also discussed.
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The study supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (39899400 and 40276044), project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-SW-101B) and IOCAS for innovation (L57022807).
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Baoquan, L., Suping, Z. & Xinzheng, L. Descriptions of three new species of Mitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from South China Sea. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 23, 121–125 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845153
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845153