WoRMS is being honored with new genus
For the first time, a genus has been named after WoRMS: Wormsina.
Harzhauser & Landau have established the genus Wormsina for a Miocene Paratethyan Mitridae, which is devoted to WoRMS. Mathias Harzhauser: “We all are frequently using and consulting WoRMS and this is my contribution to make this important platform even more visible.”
The full paper is available through ZooTaxa (https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4983.1.1) & ZooBank (http://zoobank.org/References/6A4778D6-195A-4AB1-AA1E-7D8000185B28). It considers a monograph, Wormsina is on page 49.
The genus is available in WoRMS and MolluscaBase (https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514599).
Copyright image: Alice Schumacher (Natural History Museum Vienna)
The full paper is available through ZooTaxa (https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4983.1.1) & ZooBank (http://zoobank.org/References/6A4778D6-195A-4AB1-AA1E-7D8000185B28). It considers a monograph, Wormsina is on page 49.
The genus is available in WoRMS and MolluscaBase (https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514599).
Copyright image: Alice Schumacher (Natural History Museum Vienna)
