Daniel L. Geiger

• Biodiversity Journal, 6 (3): 703–708

  Pasquale Micali & Daniel L. Geiger
  Additions and corrections to the Scissurellidae and Anatomidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) of the Mediterranean Sea, with first record of Sinezona semicostata Burnay & Rolán, 1990

  ABSTRACT
  New information on the scissurellids fauna, Scissurellidae and Anatomidae (Gastropoda Vetigastropoda), in the Mediterranean Sea is presented. Scissurella azorensis Nolt, 2008, is confirmed from several localities in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Sinezona semicostata Burnay et Rolán, 1990, a species until now known from Cape Verde and Canary Islands, is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean, based on the record of 12 specimens at Linosa island (Sicily Channel), 35 m. Anatoma crispata (Fleming, 1828) does not occur in the Mediterranean; earlier misidentified records are corrected. Anatoma eximia Seguenza, 1880, appears to be a cold water guest species at the type locality Gallina, Reggio Calabria.

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