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Taxonomic remarks on Bela atlantidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Mangeliidae) and updated distribution in the Mediterranean basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2012

Paolo Mariottini ,
Carlo Smriglio ,
Sergio Calascibetta  and
Andrea Di Giulio
Paolo Mariottini*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Roma Tre, Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
Carlo Smriglio
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Roma Tre, Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
Sergio Calascibetta
Affiliation:
Via F. Domenico Guerrazzi 53, 90135 Palermo, Italy
Andrea Di Giulio
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Roma Tre, Viale Guglielmo Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Mariottini, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Roma Tre, Viale Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy email: mariotpa@uniroma3.it
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Abstract

Brachycythara atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952) and B. beatriceae Mariottini, 2007, both species belonging to the family Mangeliidae, are here moved to the genus Bela Gray, 1847, based on morphological shell features. The new epithets are: Bela atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952) comb. nov. and Bela beatriceae (Mariottini, 2007) comb. nov. The recently described Bela clarae Peňas & Rolán, 2008 is here considered a junior synonym of B. atlantidea according to a comparative scanning electron microscopy analysis of the shells. The distribution of B. atlantidea in the Mediterranean basin is therefore reconsidered including all known records of B. clarae.

Keywords

Brachycythara atlantideaBrachycythara beatriceaeBela claraetaxonomyMediterranean Sea
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e120
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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