Vestalenula molopoensis ( Martens and Rossetti, 1997 ), Martens and Rossetti, 1997

Smith, Robin J., 2011, Groundwater, spring and interstitial Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Shiga Prefecture, Japan, including descriptions of three new species and one new genus, Zootaxa 3140, pp. 15-37: 34

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scientific name	Vestalenula molopoensis ( Martens and Rossetti, 1997 )
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Vestalenula molopoensis ( Martens and Rossetti, 1997)

1997 Darwinula molopoensis n. sp. —Martens and Rossetti: 59–60, figs 1, 3H –N.

nov. comb. 1998 Vestalenula molopoensis ( Martens and Rossetti, 1997) —Rossetti & Martens: 76, figs 11 A –D, 27 N –Q.

Material examined. One female from a hole dug into a river bar consisting of cobbles, pebbles, gravel, coarse sand and mud of the Daido River, near the junction with the Seta River, Shiga Prefecture, N 34 º 56 ’ 03.8”, E 135 º 54 ’ 53.4 ”, 27 September 2009. Material collected by the author.

Remarks. Previous Japanese records of this species are restricted to one locality on the shores of Lake Biwa ( Smith & Janz 2009).