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Xandarovula patula (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) new to Scandinavia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2011

Tore Høisæter ,
Jon-Arne Sneli ,
Christoffer Schander ,
Hans Tore Rapp  and
Matz Berggren
Tore Høisæter*
Affiliation:
University of Bergen, Department of Biology, PO Box 7800, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway
Jon-Arne Sneli
Affiliation:
NTNU, Department of Biology, Trondhjem Biological Station, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Christoffer Schander
Affiliation:
University of Bergen, Department of Biology, PO Box 7800, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway University of Bergen, Centre for GeoBiology, Allégaten 41, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway Uni Environment, Thormøhlensgate 49B, N–5020 Bergen, Norway
Hans Tore Rapp
Affiliation:
University of Bergen, Department of Biology, PO Box 7800, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway University of Bergen, Centre for GeoBiology, Allégaten 41, NO-5007 Bergen, Norway Uni Environment, Thormøhlensgate 49B, N–5020 Bergen, Norway
Matz Berggren
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Ecology, University of Gothenburg, Kristineberg 566, SE-445034 Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. Høisæter, University of Bergen, Department of BiologyPO Box 7800, NO-5020 Bergen, Norway email: tore.hoisater@bio.uib.no
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Abstract

In August 2009 six specimens of the ovulid gastropod Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777) (formerly known as Simnia patula Pennant, 1777), were found in dredge samples from a locality west of Smögen in western Sweden (58°22′N 11°05′E). In June and November 2010 a total of three specimens of the same species were found in dredge samples from near Svelgen Bridge, Øygarden, Hordaland, western Norway (60°27 ′N 04°57 ′E). Several small colonies of the presumed prey species, Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758 and Tubularia indivisa Linnaeus, 1758, were found in the same dredge hauls. Xandarovula patula has been recorded from the Atlantic coast of southern Spain to the western end of the English Channel, with scattered records from the west coasts of Ireland and Britain, as far north as the Orkneys. More recently it has been reported from most Irish coasts, several parts of the Scottish coast and also from some places in the North Sea. Until now there have been no confirmed records from Scandinavian waters. The specimens recorded here may indicate recent immigration of a southern species due to warmer water temperatures.

Keywords

Ovulidae‘Simnia’ patulaspecies new to Swedenspecies new to Norway
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e58
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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